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The Gift of Peace in the Temple
Imagine a painting showing an ancient temple. There are tables overturned, and on the floor coins are scattered. There are unused animals for sacrifice heaped in one corner and what...
We Owe Him Everything
We’d taken a rare evening away from our first-born to catch the opening night of the film "The Passion of the Christ" with friends from church. Of course I knew...
How Do We Accept the Undesirable in Our Lives
Today is the Feast of Saint Cecilia, who—providentially—also happens to be my confirmation Saint. I chose her as an idealistic 8th-grader for her pretty name and patronage of musicians, as...
Losing Me and You in Boxes
I’m quite skillful at filling boxes. Somewhere between the introduction and the conclusion of a conversation, I have already stuffed the appropriate box. Because there are so many boxes in...
Live in the Light of the Present Moment
Each time I have read of someone’s encounter with Saint Pope John Paul II, there is a thread that weaves through each of them. They speak of his uncanny ability...
Start Your Prayer Life With Just Five Minutes
During my most recent trip to Confession, the priest gave me a penance that I had never had before. He told me to pray for my family, in my own...
Beauty Is What God Makes
Having been raised in the Protestant tradition, it it took me a while to understand the Catholic focus on Beauty. In raising Catholic children and watching them navigate education, I...
It’s the End of the World, and I Feel Fine
Riots, floods, the sun going out . . . it’s easy to wonder if these are the End Times we’ve heard so much about. Well, guess what? They totally are....
Be Brave and Reach to Her
I am friends with a woman who, for years, attended a nice parish where she was involved in multiple Bible studies. Despite the fact that she showed up week after...
Unprofitable Servants
Christ in the Gospel shows God’s mercy in an interesting, almost stern way. He tells us that our good actions do not deserve God’s gratitude to us, for they are...
How Jesus Reassured Me Over Coffee
I woke early for daily Mass, hoping that the weekly schedule also applied to Saturdays. It’d be so long since I prayed without distraction in Mass (toddlers can’t help it),...
Do the Work Now
Today, in the First Reading, we encounter Wisdom. Sophia. The images of Wisdom—a strong, beautiful, resplendent woman—have always appealed to me. But I’m not particularly wise. I spend a lot...
