Common Word, Common Lord

Common Word, Common Lord

August 2012 Archives

Not Worth It At All

In the Name of God, the Compassionate and Infinitely Merciful It has been sought out for time immemorial: the key to long life. Legends have spoken about a Fountain of Youth, but such a fountain has been elusive. More recently, [...]

An End of Ramadan Prayer

In the Name of God, the Compassionate and Infinitely Merciful “We made it.” Those were the first words of my Friday sermon yesterday. At long last – very, very long last – the month of Ramadan ends today. And although [...]

A Ramadan Prayer for My Sikh Brothers and Sisters

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Infinitely Merciful  In the wake of this horrible tragedy in Wisconsin (and also the burning of a mosque to the ground in Missouri), all I can do is offer my heartfelt condolences [...]

Previous Posts

Science Proves That Doctors Are Not God
In the Name of the God, the Compassionate and Infinitely Merciful In the May 22/29 issue of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, there was a quite significant article published that piqued my interest as a critical care specialist. It was a randomized trial which compared early vs

posted 4:47:14pm Jun. 15, 2013 | read full post »

Prayers for Boston
In the Name of God, the Compassionate and Infinitely Merciful The attack at the Boston Marathon is truly personal for me. I was blessed to finish the 2010 Chicago Marathon, in honor of my daughter who died from cancer the year before. I remember the sheer elation, despite being in tremendous pain

posted 1:46:59pm Apr. 16, 2013 | read full post »

Right Is Might
In the Name of God, the Compassionate and Infinitely Merciful This Sunday, billions of Christians around the world will celebrate what is the most important holiday of the Christian spiritual calendar: Easter. It commemorates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ, which is the central

posted 3:20:18pm Mar. 27, 2013 | read full post »

HABEMVS PAPAM
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Infinitely Merciful I join the rest of the world - Catholic and non-Catholic - Christian and non-Christian - in congratulating the Catholic Church on electing their new Pontiff, Pope Francis I. May the Lord our God guide him to all that is right and good

posted 3:58:15pm Mar. 13, 2013 | read full post »

Our "First Love" Is Always There
In the Name of God, the Compassionate and Infinitely Merciful Given that is the time of year for love, sort of, I had blogged about a particular song, "Lullabies" by singer/songwriter Yuna (a Muslim woman who wears the headscarf, by the way). I wrote about how the song reminds me of someone who w

posted 1:59:26pm Feb. 15, 2013 | read full post »


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