Deacon Dan Wrighttag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-3675972010-02-05T00:01:00-06:00My Life as a Roman Catholic Permanent Deacon: A Weblog of Reflections, Homilies, and Various Other Musings & Rants.TypePadFriday Reflection: The Memorial of Agatha, the Memorial of Goodnesstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf75353ef0120a864066d970b2010-02-05T00:01:00-06:002010-02-04T22:39:28-06:00He gave the power to become the children of God to everyone who received him. John 1:12 St. Methodius, in today's Office of Readings, tells us that St. Agatha, being true to the meaning of her name, was truly good....Dan Wrighthttp://www.deacondanwright.org/2010/02/friday-reflection-the-memorial-of-agatha-the-memorial-of-goodness.htmlThe Courage to Be Humantag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf75353ef0128775fc59b970c2010-02-04T00:01:00-06:002010-02-03T22:15:37-06:00"I am going the way of all flesh. Take courage and be a man. Keep the mandate of the Lord, your God, following his ways and observing his statutes, commands, ordinances, and decrees …that you may succeed in whatever you...Dan Wrighthttp://www.deacondanwright.org/2010/02/the-courage-to-be-human.htmlMaking Preparationstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf75353ef0120a8556d8d970b2010-02-03T00:01:00-06:002010-02-02T22:31:34-06:00With each liturgical season it is important that we make preparations as the time draws near for the particular time of year. If we want to make a season as meaningful as possible for us, we approach it with forethought....Dan Wrighthttp://www.deacondanwright.org/2010/02/making-preparations.htmlA Sign that will be Contradictedtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf75353ef012877483d26970c2010-02-02T00:01:00-06:002010-02-01T21:42:41-06:00"Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted 'and you yourself a sword will pierce' so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed."...Dan Wrighthttp://www.deacondanwright.org/2010/02/a-sign-that-will-be-contradicted.htmlPoetry: You Neighbour Godtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf75353ef0120a83948ff970b2010-02-01T00:01:00-06:002010-01-31T22:44:00-06:00You, neighbour God, if sometimes in the night I rouse you with loud knocking, I do so only because I seldom hear you breathe and know: you are alone. And should you need a drink, no one is there to...Dan Wrighthttp://www.deacondanwright.org/2010/01/poetry-you-neighbour-god.htmlFriday Reflection: On God's Goodnesstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf75353ef0120a823bf75970b2010-01-29T00:01:00-06:002010-01-28T22:38:25-06:00The grace and goodness of God toward us is immeasurable. It is beyond all words of description, yet we attempt to describe it; we try to find the words to communicate it because we experience it as wonderful and as...Dan Wrighthttp://www.deacondanwright.org/2010/01/friday-reflection.htmlOn the Memorial of St. Thomas Aquinastag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf75353ef0120a81b15c5970b2010-01-28T00:01:00-06:002010-01-27T22:40:14-06:00For All Good Things Loving God, who sees in us nothing that you have not given yourself, make my body healthy and agile, my mind sharp and clear, my heart joyful and contented, my soul faithful and loving. And surround...Dan Wrighthttp://www.deacondanwright.org/2010/01/on-the-memorial-of-st-thomas-aquinas.htmlA Poem from the Nighttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf75353ef0120a814e7b8970b2010-01-27T00:01:00-06:002010-01-27T06:38:38-06:00Occasionally I like to add a favorite poem as the day's blog post. I have chosen Joseph Mary Plunkett's (1817-1916) "I saw the sun at midnight rising red." Actually, I know Plunkett better for his "Hound of Heaven," which bears...Dan Wrighthttp://www.deacondanwright.org/2010/01/a-poem-from-the-night.htmlAustin Has a New Bishop!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf75353ef01287713ec72970c2010-01-26T06:43:46-06:002010-01-26T06:45:41-06:00This was emailed to me this morning from the Diocese of Austin AUSTIN – Habemus episcopum! (We have a bishop!) Pope Benedict XVI has named Auxiliary Bishop Joe S. Vásquez, of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston as Bishop of the Diocese...Dan Wrighthttp://www.deacondanwright.org/2010/01/austin-has-a-new-bishop.htmlRemembering Timothy and Titus: On Being Disciplestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf75353ef012877124fc6970c2010-01-26T00:01:00-06:002010-01-25T22:57:34-06:00The mother of Jesus and his brothers arrived at the house. Standing outside, they sent word to Jesus and called him. A crowd seated around him told him, "Your mother and your brothers and your sisters are outside asking for...Dan Wrighthttp://www.deacondanwright.org/2010/01/remembering-timothy-and-titus-on-being-disciples.html