The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too. ~ Saint Teresa of Ávila I would like to share my personal experience of how
“Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips.” We have all become entangled in gossip as
Take heed, watch; for you do not know when the time will come. It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves
As the world was shutting down this past April due to coronavirus, prisons and hospitals and nursing homes became fortresses, with no-one allowed in or
As Advent draws to a close, hope arises in anticipation of our Savior’s birth. However, as my pastor reached the ambo to begin his homily,
When people get married, everyone expects pregnancy to occur right away, and when there is a delay in this, anxiety and questions begin to set
If time were merely money, we could perhaps afford to waste it. But time is life, and we don’t know how much of it we
Recently I read that there are over 500 different prophecies of Jesus in the Old Testament. I’m going to trust that statistic because I’m not
Three ways to respond to Evil: Discern which you are thus called. Some evil must be endured, while other evils must be fought, and finally
The love of worldly possessions is a sort of bird-lime, which entangles the soul, and prevents it flying to God. ~ St. Augustine A few
I grew up hearing the story of Mr. Scrooge as often as I heard the story of the birth of the Christ child. My grandmother
Guest post by David Johnson, Taming the Wilds. I once heard a message in my soul as if it were Jesus speaking to me from
On March 9, 2020, all of Italy suddenly fell silent and stood still. The country saw a rapid rise of coronavirus cases, leaving the government
A lot of people have told me that they can’t wait until the year 2020 is over. For many, it’s been a tough year. It
In this final part of the series of essays on the multivalency of Scripture, I will explore the three worlds of the text model. Essentially,
Sometimes we think of a prophet as someone who walks angrily on the streets, with a long hair and a big bell warning people to
A thought-provoking new release from OSV Innovation Talks featuring Dan Cellucci, CEO of Catholic Leadership Institute (CLI), examines the implications of potentially one-third of Catholics
It was pouring rain as 14-year-old Tyrea Pryor stood under an overhang outside of a grocery store. He happened to notice an elderly lady in
In the parable of the ten gold coins, Jesus calls us to be good stewards of the gifts we’ve been given, to grow and develop
I can still remember the sheer fear I experienced when I had to give up the doctor I had seen for my diabetes in Colorado.
Mass for me is not a once-a-week event. We are invited to come to the Table of the Lord each day to receive the Eucharist,
