If you love me, you will keep my commandments.[1] On the face of it, Christ’s words seem obvious: of course we’ll obey Christ because we
Prayer is not worship. Worship is a subset of prayer. Worship, properly speaking, entails sacrifice, a gift of something precious to honour the deity worshipped.
If you are a Star Wars fan, you have likely felt either excitement or apprehension when considering the release of “Rogue One”. This is uncharted
If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he wrongs you seven times in one day and returns to
It is said that the most popular theory for the beginning of time and space is the Big Bang. This is the theory which states
St. Benedict gives us a remarkable example of discipline. His simple motto, Ora et labora—pray and work—is still relevant to our own lives, so many centuries
My small feet stepped across the sidewalk and my blue eyes widened as I took in the sights and sounds of Times Square. I had
One day, a home-schooled Anglo-Australian made a rather ill-informed statement on Asian education to his house mate, despite my presence: “Asians can’t be creative because
But they said to him, “Five loaves and two fish are all we have here.” Then he said, “Bring them here to me,” and he
Then Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do not see might see, and those who do see might
“Cimourdain was a pure-minded but gloomy man. He had ‘the absolute’ within him. He had been a priest, which is a solemn thing. Man may
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered. —G. K. Chesterton When I was little, one of my
This year is the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy. I am sure that many of us still recall the Jubilee song of 2000: It’s a time
In the Byzantine rite October 16 brought the feast of the centurion Longinus, who pierced the side of Christ and said, “Surely, this man was
The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. —Proverbs 18:21 And if any man think
In the Gospels we never see Jesus as an attendee at a funeral. He attends festivals, weddings, and so many dinner parties that people consider him
The Year of Mercy will come to a close with the end of the liturgical year on November 20. How can we make the most
“He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and
But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like? It is like to children sitting in the market place. Who crying to their companions
There are a great variety of vocations in life, but all require a deep, persistent love. Whether we look at our vocation in general terms
I first encountered Servant of God Elisabeth Leseur about five years ago when I was towards the beginning stages of my spiritual dry spell. The
