Live in the Light
Immediately things like scales fell from his eyes and he regained his sight. // Acts 9:18 I know I need Jesus to illuminate so many areas of my life. There...
Keep the Celebration Going
But he, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked up intently to heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. // Acts 7:55...
Living Prepared for Him
“Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy from carousing and drunkenness and the anxieties of daily life, and that day catch you by surprise like a trap.” // Luke...
Humility Is the Entire Point
“But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, 'O God, be merciful to me...
Deeply Seen and Loved as a Woman
Accompanying him were the Twelve and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities. // Luke 8:2 Every time we as women have felt badly treated by...
The Wide Reach of God's Love
When Jesus heard of the death of John the Baptist, he withdrew in a boat to a deserted place by himself. // Matthew 14:13 I have never experienced grief and...
The Choked Seeds
“Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it.” // Matthew 13:7 I feel like I’ve sat down and spoke to God many times about the...
The Life-Changing Eucharist
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes. // 1 Corinthians 11:26 The Catholic short-story writer...
Grace to Serve
After she and her household had been baptized, she offered us an invitation, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my home,” and she...
The God of Deeper Understandings
He asked them, “What are you discussing as you walk along?” // Luke 24:17 Today I’m struck by the fact that Jesus asks these men walking the lonely road to...
Choose God's Voice First
"How can you believe, when you accept praise from one another and do not seek the praise that comes from the only God?" // John 5:44 About this time every...
Dreams That End
The LORD said to Samuel: “How long will you grieve for Saul, whom I have rejected as king of Israel?" // 1 Samuel 16:1 Back in the days of my...
