It was Good

Bull Elk, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

Love is the color of life

Autumn Colors, West Elk Wilderness, Colorado

Let us pray, that through God’s grace, we might allow God to paint our lives in such a way as to bring glory to the Kingdom of God.

The Pattern of our Lives

Autumn Leaves, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington

A virtue is an habitual and firm disposition to do the good. It allows the person not only to perform good acts, but to give the best of himself. The virtuous person tends toward the good with all his sensory and spiritual powers; he pursues the good and chooses it in concrete actions. – Catechism of the Catholic Church- 1804

Aim High

Autumn Colors, West Elk Wilderness, Colorado

Fly into the arms of our Lord

White Pelican, Inks Lake State Park, TX

Kingdom of Heaven

Life’s Greatest Adventure

Inks Lake State Park, Texas

Our Father Waits

In reflecting on the story of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11–32), Pope Francis has said about God, “He waits. Always. And it is never too late. That’s what he is like, that’s how he is…he’s a father. A father waiting at the doorway, who sees us when we are still far off, who is moved, and who comes running toward us, embraces us and kisses us tenderly.” (The Name of God is Mercy, Pope Francis, pages 51-52)

Be Still

Stellar’s Jay, State Forest State Park, Colorado

Get Up

Five-point American Bull Elk in velvet laying down and taking it easy on a warm afternoon in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

Prayer

Greater Roadrunner, Caprock Canyons State Park, Texas

Perfect Reflection

Nokhu Crags reflected in Upper Ranger Lake, Colorado

Freedom

Herring Gull, Ranger Lakes, Colorado

Loving Kiss

Whitetail deer fawns, Spring Branch, TX

Beloved, let us love one another,
because love is of God;
everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God.
Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love.
In this way the love of God was revealed to us:
God sent his only Son into the world
so that we might have life through him.

1 John 4:7-9

Always New

An unexpected fall storm, Grand Lake, Colorado

How can God be unchanging, yet always new? Have you ever met an elderly couple that have been married for many, many years but their love is still fresh, still alive, still new. So it is with God, for God is a relationship of pure love, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. God, the source of all true love, is always new.