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The Grief of Jesus

Posted by Deacon Lawrence | A Catholic Deacon reflects on Faith, Art, and Our Spiritual Journey (by Lawrence Klimecki)

Jesus weeps for us. He weeps because more often then not we have turned away from Him or left Him. He weeps because the great love He pours out for us is not returned. He weeps over our sins.

The Prostitute’s Birthday and the Compassion of Christ

Posted by Deacon Lawrence | A Catholic Deacon reflects on Faith, Art, and Our Spiritual Journey (by Lawrence Klimecki)

Can you imagine going years without even the touch of a handshake, or a comforting hand on your shoulder? And worse, no one coming near enough to even talk to you, unless it is to tell you to go away.

The Source of Our Joy

Posted by Deacon Lawrence | A Catholic Deacon reflects on Faith, Art, and Our Spiritual Journey (by Lawrence Klimecki)

When we make others happy, we experience the joy human beings were meant to experience. We are made to bring joy and happiness to others.

The Authority of the Lighthouse

Posted by Deacon Lawrence | A Catholic Deacon reflects on Faith, Art, and Our Spiritual Journey (by Lawrence Klimecki)

With what authority does the Church teach? Or to put it in words we hear so frequently these days, “what right does the church have to tell me how to live my life?”

The Poet and the Hound of Heaven

Posted by Deacon Lawrence | A Catholic Deacon reflects on Faith, Art, and Our Spiritual Journey (by Lawrence Klimecki)

We cannot successfully run from the call of God. If we try, we only end up in storms or back where we started with little to show for our wayward journey.

Life, the Universe, and Everything

Posted by Deacon Lawrence | A Catholic Deacon reflects on Faith, Art, and Our Spiritual Journey (by Lawrence Klimecki)

The answer to life, the universe, and everything, is not the answer to an equation. The answer to the meaning of life is a relationship to be lived out. It is a personal relationship with Jesus, the Messiah.

The Miracle of Baptism

Posted by Deacon Lawrence | A Catholic Deacon reflects on Faith, Art, and Our Spiritual Journey (by Lawrence Klimecki)

Baptism changes us. We are born into a state of existence that is less than what God intended for us. Mankind was created with sanctifying grace that allows us to share in the divine life of God. But through the disobedience of our first parents, we lost this grace. It fell from us like an all-encompassing robe and we saw that we were naked.