I tend to share my thoughts over there more as a way of getting to know digital neighbors who may never encounter a priest in real life. It all helps me address virtues and ideas associated with life without being preachy. This was today’s offering.

Good Morning Pham! Power is out - typing on phone - which I hate - silent. A lot of silence as the sun rises. Could use more silence in my life, just not the silence born of cowardice. Meaningful and courageous words seem to be in short supply. Could use more silence in my life, just not the silence born of indifference and laziness.the preoccupation with self seems to be the undiagnosed epidemic - and here I am on my phone and on social media? 😉 Meaningful , reflective, patient and questioning silence might bear fruit in wisdom or at least a few drops of humility. Silence - face yourself - let the hiddeness of your own heart perhaps reveal itself in surprising ways. (Many of us are more worried about the scary crap and mess that will surface - at times I am - but no mess or pain of the past need bind our present or future.) Silence - is golden at the right times and gutless and inhuman at the worst. Discern wisely. Have a great day my friends, may your silence be the fruitful kind snd your words be a blessing and a balm to those on your path.