My Name is Jonas

Beginning

So, here it goes.

My new project that will likely end up like all of my others: a good idea that died due to my inability to follow through. What makes this time different, though, is that I truly care about the subject matter about which I plan to write. It will be part therapy, part…

Father

One of the most inexplicable characteristics of God is His unending mercy. Humans, in our frailty and sinfulness, find it hard to fathom that any person can be so infinitely generous, so infinitely merciful. Indeed, we don’t have the capacity to be so.

Loser

I recently started a rewatch of the Denis Leary firefighter series Rescue Me on Hulu. In one episode in season 3, one of the characters, Lt. Ken “Lou” Shea, has fallen on the hardest of times and, full of equal parts despair and vodka, decides to take his own life. He stumbles onto some train tracks, planning to use…

Saint

Hours

I was in the back seat of a car on a 8 hour drive to a mission trip in Appalachia. I pulled out my copy of Christian Prayer, and my new friend asked me, “Why did you start praying the Liturgy of the Hours?”

”Because daily Mass isn’t enough,” I responded.

Fresh

I just completed the migration of my blog over here to Medium. I plan on using this platform from here on out for a couple reasons.

First, I find the format a bit more visually appealing. I am no graphic designer, but I appreciate aesthetics as much as the next person.

Memory

I just returned home from a week in the mountains, visiting family for the Fourth of July holiday. It was incredibly relaxing, and the cooler temperatures were a welcome respite from the muggy heat we’ve been afflicted with so far here at home. I was fortunate to spend some good quality time with my grandmother…

Reboot

Be on the lookout for more posts from me in the coming days. Lots of things to reflect on and be thankful for — there’s no way I can keep it all in.

Some things that are coming —

• God the Father of Mercy
• Strength and Masculinity

Reading List

One thing I hope to do on a periodic basis (weekly, maybe?) is post a book review, focused mainly on how it has affected my life and what I learned from it going forward. I’m going to use the term “book” to refer also to Church documents, like papal encyclicals. Below is a list of books I hope to write…