RBWords - Volume 38 - Number 1: January 2025
Something to Think About
R.B.WORDS - VOL. 38 - NO. 1 - JANUARY 2026
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SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT -
The advent of a new calendar year is a reminder to me not only of the passage of time, which is difficult enough for me, but a reminder of the other “calendars” that I live on. There is the liturgical year that begins with the First Sunday of Advent and ends with the feast of Christ the King. And there is the academic calendar which has shaped nearly 35 of my 54 years of ordained ministry because campus ministry has been my “first love” as a career. And, of course, the Gregorian calendar year reminds me of my aging. I will turn 83 in February and am grateful for every calendar day I have in good general health and, although considered “officially” as “retired,” I am able to volunteer at two great universities in the Houston area. The privilege of sharing in the lives, hopes and dreams of university students and young adults entering the world outside the campus bubble is a precious gift - a life-giving gift that keeps on giving!
The new calendar year 2026 marks the 38th year of this monthly newsletter which I began in January 1988. It represents my effort to “stay in touch” with so many of the people who have shaped my life as Dominican, priest and friend. In recent years, I have become more of a “grandpa-padre” figure in campus ministry, a role I am enjoying very much. I am able to play that role at the Catholic student centers at Rice University and the University of Houston, spending a couple of days at each place during the week. The rest of the time features some spiritual direction, occasional talks to parish young adult groups, hearing confessions at our Dominican parish of Holy Rosary and time with alumni friends who have moved to or visit Houston. So, my motto is “ONWARD!” for as long as God gives me life and stamina. IT’S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
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It Has Been Said
“There are many books that detail different methods of going to God and various practices of the spiritual life, but I thought all this would only confuse me rather than help me find what I was searching for, which was nothing more than how to become completely God’s own. I thought, instead, that I would try to simply give my all for the All. So, after giving myself completely to him, knowing He would take away my sin, I renounced for the love of God everything that wasn’t Him, and I began to live as if there was no one in the world but he and I.”
From THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD - by Brother Lawrence.
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