Happy Sunday, ADD Irregulars, Friends & Refugees, PHAM & Freethinkers! Good Morning to all the fine members of these Substack and Locals communities.

In Cath-O-Land and most of Christendom, we celebrate the Solemn Feast of Pentecost, which brings the Easter season to its conclusion. For 50 days we have been celebrating the Victor over sin and death. Many may scoff — and perhaps rightly so — that people keep on dying and sinning, so what kind of victory is that? For the souls that disciple to Him, the journey to conquering sin and death begins with each individual calling. It is far from a perfect process. Sin is present along every step of the way, and regressions and abandoning the call abound in our modern world.

One cannot be a disciple and remain the same: you either become like the Master or quit following. Sadly, Christians have a very marred history of following the Master. It seems that when a church possesses power, it almost always faces corruption and interior decay. The good life, the easy life, rarely leads her to the virtuous life. Persecution and hardship, self-denial, and living a meager life do discipleship good.

“The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.” — G. K. Chesterton

I mostly agree with Chesterton, but there are some who have truly tried it. The play Our Town provides a beautiful glimpse.

EMILY: "Does anyone ever realize life while they live it... every, every minute?" STAGE MANAGER: "No. Saints and poets maybe... they do some."

Nothing is more fundamental than life — without it there is nothing else. Life without meaning is pointless. What brings meaning to your life? I hope there is something more than the distraction and consumption that feeds our ego and starves our soul. Your interior “me” has a longing that is beyond things. I hope your “me” has found a “Thee” to cling to. If not, well… good luck in this crapshoot called life. If our horizon ends with us, it is a very small, cruel, and empty world. Believe in a “Thee” and commit yourself to the quest that such an endeavor invites us to pursue.

Tom Miller – Son, Brother, Disciple of Christ, Neighbor to Many, Seeker of Communion with the Holy Trinity, and someone trying to get his life together before the clock runs out. My life is but a small return to the One who paid the debt for my sins. While no amount of works will redeem me, they are my small sanctifying return to the One who calls me to follow Him. My goodness (as frail as that is) is but a thank you to the One who has made a gift of my life and faith. Blessed Pentecost, fellow Disciples, and Happy May 24th to all of the rest of my dear Digital Neighbors.

Holy Spirit - Serge Taeymans - Unsplash