New tagline / subtitle for blog???

Friends, I’m making a second run at learning more about the world of blogging. Today’s assignment asks us/me to review the title and tagline of my blog. I like the title, “Deep Calls to Deep.” Initially, I wasn’t all that interested in changing my tagline, which is, “to be present… even in the midst of […]

Why I blog (redux)

Greetings, fellow bloggers! This is my second shot at Blogging 101 since my first attempt felt incomplete. I wish to get better at this whole enterprise. Thanks, Michelle for these questions to make an introduction of myself. –roc,sj Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal? Six months ago, Liturgy Training Publications […]

Roc Homily – 13th Sunday Ordinary Time 2015

I have given the name Leah to the woman with the hemorrhage. Leah was the wife of my Rabbi, God rest his soul. Let’s call her St. Leah. Her ailment can serve as a metaphor for the spiritual drain that many of us sense day to day. I recognize two sources: the stress of modern […]

021-THe Burden of PerfectionisM Part Deux

021-THe Burden of PerfectionisM Part Deux

“The opposite of seeking perfection is not laxity, the absolute horror of perfectionists, it is trust.” Here I address the burden of perfectionism a second time (la deuxieme fois) since it seems to affect so many folks today. It involves an aversion to living in tension between the ideal and the real and a rejection […]

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