Vita Dulce

This is one of the favorite pictures I have of my wife. It was taken in a small French town near the Mediterranean coast on our honeymoon. I don't know why I like it so much ... I just do.

This particular devotion and feast have been familiar to me since I was a young child. I don't know if there was any elderly German relative who did not have a depiction of the Sacred Heart hanging somewhere in their home. Over time, the meaning of this feast has become more clear to me: The Heart of God has beat in The Heart of Man. The essence of life is to allow this reality to be present in each of our lives; To allow the Heart of God to beat within each one of us.

May is the Month of Mary It is fitting that this occurs in Spring  a time of renewal and new life. Pray the Rosary today and open yourself up to Renewal and New Life as She leads you closer to Her Son - Jesus Christ. "Do whatever he tells you to."                      (John 2:5)

Joseph Kautzman Ht. 19.5", Wt. 6.4 lbs. Named after St. Joseph but already sporting minature sideburns like his other role model Joseph Mauer of the TWINS!!!

Easter Season When 40 days in the desert through the Light of the Resurrection lead to a NEW DAY in the Son

Dali's "Christ of St. John of the Cross"is one of the most phenomenal depictions surrounding Good Friday that I've seen.  The figure of Christ dominating the other-wordly upper portion of the portrait presents this as the 'cosmic event' that it truly was; yet the tranquil and serene image of the fisherman and the sea beneath connotes the 'here and now' dimension as the figure by the boat soaks up to his ankles in the sea. The question is whether the figure below is one about to become a 'fisher of men' following in the footsteps of the Lord or is he simply unaware and going about his daily business separated entirely and failing to allow this event to transform him by means of the cosmic drama that transpires above.  Good Friday is a day to ask myself:  which of these two men am I? [For effect scroll up or down to observe only the top or bottom half of the work.  They could be seen as two entirely separate pieces.  I guess that is the cen...

As As the deer longs for running streams, so my soul longs for you, my God.            (Psalm 42)