Hail Mary;My Powerful Prayer

Hail Mary;
My Powerful Prayer

Venerable Matt Talbot from Dublin is our patron. I’m a man of Irish heritage. I use this image:. In morning prayers, I close my eyes and visualize my home as a small cottage on an Irish shore. Plume of home fire smoke floating from chimney. Stony path out my door...

About this Calix Blog

“Blogging is a conversation, not a code.”—Mike Butcher “Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant”.—Mitchell Kapor “It doesn’t pay to argue on the internet.” — Bob Kurland Never volunteer!  Never say...

Brief Announcements

ONLINE CALIX MEETINGS: TUE, WED, THU, SAT  Weekly online meetings (Zoom) are now being held. We send out a reminder with instructions for joining the meeting early in the week when meetings are held.   Here’s the current schedule: Tuesday, 8 pm EDT:  “A 12 Step...
Christ is with You on the Road to Emmaus*

Christ is with You on the Road to Emmaus*

*NOTE This article was not written by me (drbob), but by my spiritual director, Deacon Tom C.  It is taken from the homily he gave for the Third Sunday of Easter, April 19th,  for which the Gospel reading was about the two travelers to Emmaus.   The message will be an...
Wisdom from the Parish Bulletin

Wisdom from the Parish Bulletin

A good mate at our Church told me to read that part of the Parish Bulletin, ‘BREAKING OPEN THE WORD,’ this Sunday 31 January 2021. This week, Christopher Monaghan CP has a piece titled ‘What comes from within.”  What stands out for me are the following: The...
Released From the Prison of Addiction (by Kevin S)

Released From the Prison of Addiction (by Kevin S)

Compare the similarities between the iconic AA print [taken from a painting] and the Gospel of John (11:44). Many consider the two men sitting in chairs aside the bed are the first two A.A.s, Bill Wilson and Dr Bob Smith, while the man on the bed represents the third...