The Mystic’s Happy Thought of the Day – Reparation
“Cubeland . . . Where it is always Lent, and never Easter.” (Parental Guidance Suggested) Working in a corporation is a purgatorial experience. You have be at high state of alertness, and you have to...
View ArticleTHE WAY OF LOVE: STEP BY STEP
The way of love is a 100 day spiritual marathon. Saw it on EWTN tonight. It looked good.
View ArticleToday In Mysticism – Saint Mary Of Egypt Edition
I heard this several years ago during Lent as a podcast. I kept it ever since, but it was impractical to send around to friends because it was so large. Well I found the podcast on-line after all...
View ArticleFilter!
Betty Duffy has a good article here called Filter!. “There is so much information online, that if writers don’t filter their own words, then readers will. And readers can be much less forgiving.” This...
View ArticleToday In Mysticism – Cold Ashes Are Transfigured Edition
Prayers By The Lake by Bishop Nikolai Velimirovic XXXI You pour out light over the darkness, Lord, and colors and shapes emerge. You bend Your face over the abyss, whose name is Nothingness, and the...
View ArticleCatholic Media
Do any of you watch or listen to Catholic media? This would be EWTN, Ave Maria Radio etc. Do you think their content places too much emphasis on the world around us and not enough on developing the...
View ArticleRequest For JOB
Dude I have a request to have a word added to the Korrektiv lexicon. Since you are the blog wordsmith, would you please consider crafting one of those fancy-pants dictionary looking words with phonetic...
View ArticleBALLS!!!
That’s right Balls! Mother’s got’em. Big Ones too. EWTN is suing the federal government. Bernardo inspired this post with his question, “Frankly I only wish I knew what more to do.” Those who want to...
View ArticleToday In Mysticism – Ostrov (The Island) Radical Repentance Edition
This is an amazing film. I think it is wonderful, and very uplifting. I may have mentioned it before in the comboxes apologies if I did. It can be streamed from Netflix or purchased from Amazon. It is...
View ArticleSilence 2013
Looking forward to the movie. Already I can imagine the cinematography. Sign of Contradiction and God’s “silence” are big topics for me. I wish that I had time for a much deeper dive.
View ArticleSurprised?
I am not. Check this out by Larry Doyle on Huffington Post Comedy site. It seemed way over the top, and I was thinking about actually Snopeing this, but dug deeper on HuffPost, and found something like...
View ArticleGreat Kuestions
The mystic asks in light of the Doyle post below, when will our U.S.A.’s balkanization commence?
View ArticleToday In Mysticism – All Flame Edition
Abba Lot went to see Abba Joseph and said to him, “Abba, as far as I can I say my Little Office. I fast a little. I pray. I meditate. I live in peace and as far as I can. I purify my thoughts. What...
View ArticleThere Just Might Be Dragons
“There is no movement of Catholics using the medium of cinema to do what Flannery O’Connor did with the short story or what Walker Percy did with the novel,” she said. “And when we do make a movie, we...
View ArticleToday In Materialism – Prelude To Cattle Car Edition
I hit Snopes on the authors name. I googled it. I kind of thought maybe it was joke like the Larry Doyle “satire”. (It ain’t satire if you believe it Larry.) I am holding out hope this is some kind of...
View ArticleLickona Is Too Polite – Donate Before We All Die!
http://www.alphonsecomic.com/donate PayPay account. Takes less than 90 seconds. It is only $40K The whole world is depending on your support. Help resist before Agent Smith turns you into fertilizer.
View ArticleSpontaneous Micro Story
Lickona looked up from his gunmetal keyboard and surveyed his lands. A herd of Rhode Island Reds thundered across the plains of his vast Californistani estate. The dust so thick that it choked the...
View ArticleBeauty Will Save The World
Mrs. Duffy, During Mass I thought about why Eve ate the apple despite her surroundings. She chose to take her eyes off the Beauty. What do you think?
View ArticleToday In Mysticism – Jesus Prayer Edition
Here is a good resource for information about the Jesus Prayer.
View ArticleThe River
I love Jonathan Potter’s poem, The River. When he posted himself reading a version of it awhile back, it really struck me. I listened to it several times, and that is when I ordered House Of Words from...
View ArticleToday In Materialism – Soylent Pink Edition
USDA is buying 7 million pounds of pink slime for school lunch programs. Officially termed “Lean Beef Trimmings,” the product is a ground-up combination of beef scraps, cow connective tissues and other...
View ArticleToday In Mysticism – Mind Blowing Mystical Lyrics Edition
Invest in a big sound system for the full experience. Tool might be out there for a lot of you, or not your cup of tea. I often listen while walking in the desert. It get’s me psyched up for...
View ArticleFiction Saturday- For Webb
(Remember Agrefena from the dream? Well she’s back!) First Draft alternate beginning 2 Suddenly there was dim light and soft jazz illuminating the mahogany paneled lounge. Suited men and women sat...
View ArticleThe Secret Apocalyptic Trial of Lickona (Part One)
[I the Cubeland Mystic, a sinner and bondservant of the most High, swears that no mind altering substances were consumed during the transcribing of this vision.] Lickona’s mullet was the best indicator...
View ArticleThe Cube Abides
Well March is over and so is my time as a guest blogger. Thank you all for reading and commenting. I now return to the caves in my desert. Farewell
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