bro Fred's Reflections
© 1996-2008, Frederick S. Schaeffer, SFO

"bro. Fred's Reflections" began in 1998, while Fred Schaeffer was a contemplative monk, under the name "Brother Frederick's Column". When he returned to the life of a Catholic lay person in 2002, these files were placed on this website.

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Latest Addition #310- 7/3/2008

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A blind man
A Fine Point in Obeying
A Healing in Holland
A moment of silence, please!
A most humble man
A pat on the back
A personal Viewpoint

A Quiet Place
A Rich Diversity
A Sunday Prayer
A Touch of Green
A very tragic week
Adoro Te – I Adore Thee
Advent

All in Perspective

All is Forgiven
Almost Instantaneously
A Good Four Years
Are you a friend of Jesus?
Ascent to Interior Prayer
Associate with the lowly in life
Assumed into Heaven
Avoiding Temptation

Basic Teaching

Beautiful Music
Be a person of Integrity!

Be Close to God
Be compassionate to all
Be friendly to Pets
Be there even if you can't
Benedicite
Bless His Holy Name
Bloom where you are planted
Brothers and Sisters

Can we hear Jesus?
Catholics... have a heart, please!
Cause for Concern
Changes in our Lives
Charity begins at home
Chastity
Christmas Stable
Christ the King
Clothed with Gladness
Christ is King
Corpus Christi
Contemplation
Come have breakfast
Commitment
Complete Abandonment to Jesus
Create a Clean Heart in me, O Lord
Cure the sickness of our spirit

Deep Compassion
Desert Fathers
Did you grow in your relationship with me?
Disappointments and pain in life is preparation for Heavenly Joy
Discernment/Discretion
Don't Worry About Tomorrow
Do you love yourself even a little?
Do not be Afraid
Do we want to go to Heaven?
Duc in altum - Put out into the deep
Dying

Easter
Examination of Conscience

Fearing the Lord
Franciscan Fraternity Meetings
Franciscan Servants
Freedom
Friendship
Friendship & Trust

Gentleness
Give Thanks
Giving yourself to God and to others -Part I, Part II Part III Part IV Part V Part VI
Go the Extra Mile
God and Man
God really hears us!

God wants us to love Him!

God Wants You!
God is Love
God's Love for all.
God's Love in Difficult Times
Good Shepherd
Harden Not Your Hearts
Have you experienced suffering?
Have you seen Jesus?
He accepted His Cross

He immersed himself in God
He knew Jesus
He knows everything!
He will Heal You!
Hear the Sound of my Pleading
His Everlasting Love

Holy Father addresses the
  Bishops of the U.S.
Holy Men and Women
Holy Week
Holy Week Meditation
Honestly!
Honor the Sabbath
How can they hate so much?
How to go to Confession
How to Pray
Hunger for God

I accept all people with love. Do you?
I live in you.
Illegal Immigrants are People, too.
In Denial
In His Presence, I
In His Presence, II
In the Palm of His Hand
It depends on you!
It's true.


Jesus, how precious is Thy Name?
Jesus is always with us
Jesus wants to Heal us
Jesus wants to talk to you...

Jesus Wants Us As His Best Friend



Last Letter between Friends
Lenten Meditations
Let us pray! Make time for prayer amid the havoc of this world

Let us Stop Offending God
Let's Communicate!
Listen to Jesus in your heart
Looking for a few holy priests
Lord Restore My Sight...
Loving oneself for God's sake

Make time for God
Making time for God/ Internet
Mary Immaculate

Mary's Fiat
Mary's Month
Mary the Mother of Christ

Medieval Chant
Midwinter Dreams
Misery at our Doorstep
Morality
More on Contemplation
Music is often a means to meditation
My Father
My Grace is Sufficient

No Sin is Unforgivable

Oh, what misery words can cause
Of Hay and Horses
Of the love of St. Francis for Worms
On Loneliness
On St. Theresa's views on
    Purgatory
On Suffering
One Hour's Faith

Our Bethlehem
Our Country's Finest
Our Greatest Friend
Our Guardian Angel (255)
Our Guardian Angels (293)
Our Heart Must Enter Into It

Our true relationship with God
 

Peace in the world begins at home
People who aren't like us. We
   must love them too!

Personal Conversion
Please pray for your Church
Praising God
Pray for Seminarians
Pray for your Parish Clergy
Prayer and Offerings to God
Prayer - Rosary
Prayer-Striving for Perfection
Presumptions
Promise Fulfilled
 

Rejoice!
Remembering
Respect and Awe
Respect for Creation

Sacrament of Penance
Saying "Thank You"
Seasons of Change
Small Victories
Special Challenges
Spirituality and Awe
Spontaneous Joy
Spread the Good News
Status quo

St. Mary Faustina Kowalska
St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
Suffering with Jesus
Sunday Eucharistic Celebration: a Gift from Jesus Christ

Take my Card

St. Teresa of Avila - Oct. 15
Thank God for His Creation
The Divine Potter
The Marriage Covenant and other unions
The Storms Brought Out the Best in Us
The Body of Christ
The face of Jesus

The Gift of Peace
The Green Earth
The Holy Trinity
The Holy Spirit in our Lives
The Interior Life is for All Christians
The Light in the Dark
The Lord Provides...
The Magisterium
The President
The Pure in Heart

The Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Second Christmas
The Silence of Inner Peace
The Spirit of Obedience
The Truth of the Matter Is...
The Visit

Throne of God
Time of the Ages
To admonish the sinner
To much talk about the end-times
Turning from God is painful

Visiting Family

Was St. Francis a dreamer?
We are church!
We share in His consolation
Watch what you wish for!
What are you seeking?
What do I know about Poverty?
What is Grace?
What is "IHS?"
When our day has come.
Who are we?
Why can't we forgive others?
Why do we worry so?
Why should we pray?
Why was Jesus born in a stable?
Window to the World

Wonderful People?
Worthy Fruits of Penance

"You must put on a new self."

 

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