Bishop R. Joseph Owles : Writing

Lent: Day Nineteen

Lent: Day Nineteen

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


Jesus said to his disciples:“Don’t assume that I have come to sabotage Moses’ set of rules or the prophets’ teachings. I haven..
Lent: Day Eighteen–I’m No Judas! I’m So Much Worse...

Lent: Day Eighteen–I’m No Judas! I’m So Much..

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


When I was still in college, I had a dream that I was sent back into time to the time of Jesus. In the dream, my job was to make sure that Jesus was c..
Lent: Day Seventeen--Even if God Doesn't Exist, God IS Real

Lent: Day Seventeen--Even if God Doesn't Exist, Go..

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


Every once in a while I run across an atheist who decides he is going to show my the error of my ways and the level of my delusion. A rational, educat..
Lent Day Sixteen

Lent Day Sixteen

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


The last step to humility, according to St. Benedict is to be humble in everything action.The twelfth degree of humility is, when a monk is not only h..
Offending God

Offending God

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


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Lent: Day Fifteen

Lent: Day Fifteen

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


The eleventh rung of humility is:SPEAK GENTLY, CALMLY, AND BRIEFLYThis makes me think of when Kevin Smith used to make films. His two returning charac..
Lent: Day Fourteen

Lent: Day Fourteen

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


I’m going to interpret St. Benedict’s next step to humility as:NEVER LAUGH AT, DERIDE, OR MOCK ANYONE OR ANYTHING.If you read the rule, ho..
Lent: Day Thirteen

Lent: Day Thirteen

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


The ninth step of humility, according to St. Benedict, is:when a monk refrains from speaking, and does not speak until he is asked; for the Scripture ..
Lent: Day Twelve

Lent: Day Twelve

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


St. Benedict’s eighth step to humility is:The eighth degree of humility is, when a monk does nothing but what is sanctioned by the common rule o..
Lent: Day Eleven

Lent: Day Eleven

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


If I have been following through with all that I said I could do to enact humility, then I have spent the last week-and-a-half saying and doing things..