The World Outside My Control
Tempting as it is to let the rereading of the first words of Genesis 1:1-19 wash over me like an oft-repeated fairy tale, I know that these words that begin...
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Greater than Our Storms
It is unbelievable but also deeply comforting to hear Jesus calm the storm with only a few words. It is also terrible and difficult to hear Jesus calm the storm...
Waiting in Prayer
Anna is one of the most beautiful and mysterious figures of the Gospels about whom I always wish I knew more. She was a prophetess who lived in the temple...
Deeper Prayer during Suffering
I think most of us can read today’s Second Reading from Saint Paul’s letter to the Thessalonians (1 Thessalonians 5:1-6) and easily admit that it hits differently in the year...
Love Letter to Friendship
I often think about how much I loved friends who are no longer in my life. The friendships have ended years ago but I still feel how much I miss...
The Twins of Suffering and Joy
When you look back to times in your life, do you only remember the good times? The joy of your youth? Your glory days of high school or the fun...
His Faithfulness Doesn't Leave Me
One of the hardest things in the spiritual life that I keep coming up against is how I measure the faithfulness of God that Saint Paul talked about in the...
When You Don't Feel the Grace
I’m sure I’m not alone in the struggle of not feeling grace. Of course there are extraordinary moments when the veil between Heaven and earth seems to part and a...
How Many Times Do You Think About Them?
As I open my eyes each morning letting the milky light come through my curtains pull me awake: do I think of the Most Holy Trinity? As I cook and...
