Spirituality for Beginners

Fr. Bede's almost-daily reflections. When it comes to the spiritual life, we're all beginners. I also send these out by email. Contact me at bcamera@anselm.edu. God bless!





Friday, June 24, 2011

Recognizing fallacies

Someone sent me a link to this website which lists 42 fallacies used in arguments and provides definitions and examples. Well worth a peek. Good for students as well. Here's the link:
http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

We have so much.

Something angered me this afternoon, so as quickly as I possibly could, I looked around and started listing blessings I've received this day. As I was identifying blessings, more blessings came my way, and it has continued all day. The "episode" which upset me lost a lot of its charge, and I'm confident that when and if I have to confront the situation, I will be able to do so from a place of peace, not from a place of turmoil.

Meanwhile, I came across these words from a student:

we have much more than we are aware of, we just lack the appreciation
Can you use those words to influence your own way of looking at the world, even in the midst of so much bad news?

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Gratitude prayer

Try opening with this and then go where it leads you . . .

Today I had occasions to be happy--small blessings that I wasn't even conscious of.
I see them now.
Thank you.

borrowed and adapted from Anthony DeMello, S.J. (Wellsprings)