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With All Your Heart
About two months ago I decided I wanted to sit and read my entire Bible in one year. And while I’ve had a fairly good grasp of the New Testament...
Come and See
Jesus is gathering His disciples. One by one, they encounter Him and follow Him. Philip runs to find Nathanael. "We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the...
Unworthy of His Generosity
I have always found this Gospel passage to be difficult to accept. There's a strong part of me that craves rules to be followed, duties to be done, and dues...
Hard for the Rich
In John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath, there is a scene where Ma Joad has no money and is helped by a man who is almost as poor as...
You Are an Apostle to the Secular World
In graduate school, one of my required classes was Pauline Literature. The priest who taught loved Saint Paul something mighty fierce; to the point he would dress in costume (complete...
The Path of Life
“Dada? Dada?” my son calls in his sweet, high voice. Leaning to peer out the window, his tiny feet stand tiptoe on his favorite stepstool. His bright blue eyes look...
What God Has Joined Together
Tears ran down my face as I stood frustrated in our little apartment kitchen not sure what to say. I had already said too much. The dark thought flitted into...
Forgiveness Isn't a Feeling
My stomach twisted in the most breathtaking of knots while I washed the last of the dinner dishes. My forearms were covered in suds and my mind was covered in...
Christ's Conflict Resolution Lesson
I have a horrible memory for written text. And for spoken word. And for episodes of shows. Basically just a bad memory in general. But today’s Gospel is a lesson...
O Mary, Mother of God
Happy Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary! On this Holy Day of Obligation, at Mass you will hear the priest pray these words of the Preface just...
Drowning in Everything I Ever Wanted
The disciples have been up all night, being tossed about by waves. It’s sometime between three and six in the morning when they are frightened to see a ghostly figure...
I Love You, Lord My Strength!
I used to get sick all the time. Throughout high school and college I seemed to live a chronic roller coaster of incapacitating illness that would eventually move into short...
