A Commonplace Book by Joshua Lore

love

18
Dec
Love is Always Conditional

Love is Always Conditional

I haven’t been active on here in quite a while, though fortunately, the reason is because I’ve been
2 min read
27
May
1 Corinthians 13, by Karl Persson

1 Corinthians 13, by Karl Persson

Well yes I am a fan, (Who wouldn’t be?) But some days I wish there were just a little
1 min read
22
Apr
From Timothy Putnam’s The Sea of Grief and the Ship of Belief:

From Timothy Putnam’s The Sea of Grief and the Ship of Belief:

The grief doesn’t ever work itself out; it just hibernates for a while. And it only takes one misstep,
2 min read
21
Apr
From Rainer Maria Rilke’s ‘The Prodigal Son Returns’:

From Rainer Maria Rilke’s ‘The Prodigal Son Returns’:

‘Sometimes he would spend whole nights in tears beneath that starry dome, longing to be filled with such rays himself.
6 min read
10
Mar
Some Berry

Some Berry

“Condemnation by category is the lowest form of hatred, for it is cold-hearted and abstract, lacking even the courage
1 min read
11
Feb

"How different life looks when God has carried us"

Faith in the Cross of Calvary is faith in a God who is with humankind right down to the cellar
12
Dec

Guadalupe Day News: Francis to Celebrate Mass at Mexico-U.S. Border

This is beautiful. ‘The Diocese of El Paso also shared a release from Catholic Extension which states in part, “Pope
1 min read
11
Nov

(Untitled)

Fr. José Comblin of Brazil, on the liberating power of love: “To recognize the other is to accept his or
1 min read