Begin Your Day in Prayer
Sign up to receive our daily devotions straight to your inbox. It's the best way to begin.
{formbuilder:MTAxMDE1}
Jesus Was My Lazarus
The parable of the rich man and Lazarus in today's Gospel would often make me give myself a prideful pat on the back. I would never nonchalantly ignore a poor...
Asking with Courageous Faith
Do you know what you want? Do you know what you really want for yourself, your loved ones, and for your life? And are you asking God for that? Recently...
Saint Joseph and His Fearless Faith
Today, on the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, I sit in awe of of this man's faith and trust in God's plan and provision. "Through...
Examining Our Habits
As we begin our journey through Lent we should be examining our habits of sin (we all have them!) and begin lamenting those sins just as Daniel laments in today's...
Waiting, Courage, and the Cold Ultrasound Wand
"Wait for the LORD with courage; be stouthearted, and wait for the LORD" (Psalm 27:14). Last month I waited on a cold ultrasound exam room table. I waited under a...
Keep On Fighting
It was a Saturday afternoon, and I was at my church in line for confession. While I awaited my turn I went through my mental list of things I wanted...
Stones and Snakes Instead of Bread and Fish
I’ve come to expect that my Lent will never end up quite the way I envisioned it. One year that I felt especially convicted about Lenten fasting and giving up...
Invite Him In
I click on my right turn signal as my phone map instructs me to turn right at the next street. I feel a bit turned around, but surely the directions...
Closeness to the Brokenhearted
Right about now we are praying for the snow to melt and the rain to stop. We have endured a harsh winter that has some us still vibrating from snowblowers...
He Suffered First
Last summer I learned firsthand the reality of Christ’s presence to those who suffer when I came down with Lyme disease. It attacked the joints in my right leg so...
Pouring God's Glory Out on the Earth
I was in trouble. A powerful and intimidating employer was assigning me work that was immoral, a grave offense to the tenets we hold most dear regarding the dignity of...
The Bleeding Heart
We all have hearts that bleed, hearts that feel and ache and love. I wonder how we’d live if we actually saw that. I wonder if we’d bleed alongside them,...
