Hey all, here’s my show this this week, which I just got done with. What can I say, I love radio!
Here is the link to the article about the lady who found issue with the song “Norf Norf.” It’s great. There’s a twelve minute rant.
Of course, if you want to see what else is going on at KRCX, this different colored text is a link to their website (krcx.org).
Also, listen to them live here! http://tunein.com/embed/player/s234171/Peace, y’all!
A.M.D.G.
I’ve finally returned to having a radio show, and to continue continuing with tradition, here’s the set from today’s show (minus one song from Kanye that I ended up not playing on Spotify):
Lots of great music, and I’m incredibly grateful to be able to share that with y’all. Also, y’all will be hearing from me a lot more again.
But for now, peace.
A.M.D.G.
Just a quick check in, before I go off to get mentally prepared for my first day of classes. Basically, it’s not going to be a crazy semester for me, credit-wise, but I know that I’m going to be having to say “no” more often than I’d like. I’m a PM, which means I’m also work-studying for University Ministry. I’m also a big part of the Acapella Club, and an active member of the Music Department. I also like to hang out.
This semester holds a lot of awesome, and not-so-awesome, things in store, and I’m just a few hours away from beginning to experience that. But above all, I’m a student. So, I ask for the intercession of St. Thomas Aquinas, Patron Saint of Students.
Thank you.
Peace.
A.M.D.G.
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“Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God.”
-Matthew 5:9
The most profound thing that I have been taught this week has been the importance of “praying for your enemies.” It’s not enough to oppose injustice or wickedness, because anyone can hate. But it’s so much harder to love, and to love when that love doesn’t come “naturally”. Instead of attacking relentlessly, we can of course learn to listen, but in prayer we have to both speak and listen. In prayer we give to God what’s of deepest concern in our hearts. In prayer God speaks to our desires. And if God begins to take the concerns for our enemies, he will speak to us about peace. It is easy to hate, but to take concern for those who discriminate against you, who rebuke and ridicule you, and to present those concerns for other human persons to God is difficult.
To be a peacemaker is to feel peace within oneself, so strong and restless that it must be shared. To be a peacemaker does not mean to be passive, but instead to actively work for peace. To be a peacemaker is to love and to fight and to struggle and to feel pain and still to want to share love, the love of God, above all else.
To be a peacemaker is to be a warrior of God’s love. To be a peacemaker is to be a child of God.
A.M.D.G. Peace.
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My other reflections on the Beatitudes, thus far.
The poor,
They who mourn,
The meek,
Those who hunger,
The merciful,
The clean of heart.
In case you wanted to follow along with what I’m reading.
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“Blessed are the clean of heart
for they will see God.”
-Matthew 5:8
If we are truly to believe Matthew in 7:7 (or Luke in 11:9), and in seeking we shall find, then it makes sense to believe that those who seek God are the ones that shall find/see Him. To be clean of heart means to be seeking God, but not only seeking, but seeking with all purposes. To be clean of heart means that, even if you’ve made mistakes, you hope to seek God.
One of the most challenging things I’ve ever done was to ask God simply to let His will be done. For me to get to the point in my life where I could do that required that I get to know myself, to work on the parts of myself that I have issues with, including issues of control, and to begin to heal. I’m still working on healing the burdens of my past, but I’m getting there. But for me to seek God’s will I needed to forgive myself for my mistakes and to understand that being clean of heart meant being clean of intentions, not clean of mistakes. I still don’t feel clean, but being clean, in my experience, has been a process. Thus, every person journeys the path of being clean differently.
Tonight, instead of writing too much, I’m simply praying for everyone.
A.M.D.G. Peace.
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My other reflections on the Beatitudes, thus far.
The poor,
They who mourn,
The meek,
Those who hunger,
The merciful.
In case you wanted to follow along with what I’m reading.
………..
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“Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.” -Matthew 5:6 So, toady’s Beatitude is actually pretty straightforward. That is, it’s straightforward if you know … Continue reading Those Who Hunger
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