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Longing for Drastic Love
In today’s Gospel we don’t meet the meek and quiet Jesus, but instead encounter Him calling us to a radical response to God's call to holiness. He says, "If your...
Fulfillment in True Freedom
"Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom" (2 Corinthians 3:17). I often think of my gift of freedom in connotation...
He Calls Us to Be Great
My heart always sinks when I see my children sinning in the same ways I do—when I see my own selfish behavior, impatient outbursts, and slothful tendencies in them. This...
He Totally Ditched Us
The early Christians were understandably suspicious of newly-Christian Saul/Paul who, right up until his singular conversion, had been actively handing them over to death and imprisonment. (See Acts 8:3.) But...
She Brings Light to Her Children
I encountered our Blessed Mother when I was in a place of tremendous pain. After a devastating miscarriage, I was plunged into a pit of despair, and I was deeply...
That Church Is on Fire
The Church is on fire. Headlines scream it. Critics shout it. Even the faithful in our pews feel scorched by round after round of horrifying news: abuse, scandal, cover-up. Thousands...
You Follow Me
Betrayal: one of life’s most painful experiences. If you have been betrayed by a man you thought was trustworthy, by a friend you believed had your back, by a parent...
Doing My Best to Feed His Sheep
Two years ago the Lord firmly put a desire on my heart that blew my mind: 35 years old and single, still waiting on my future spouse, I felt a...
Teach Us to Pray
There is something so incredibly intimate about hearing someone pray in their own words. Rote prayers are beautiful and helpful in directing our prayer towards God. They lead us into...
Wolves, Quantum Physics, and Prayer
There are a lot of things about this world that I don’t understand. Countless things really. From basics on how gravity actually works to the complexities of quantum physics. Every...
Nothing Is Wasted
For years, I’ve prayed for the conversion of loved ones—people I desperately want to know the love of Jesus. I’ve offered novenas and masses, asked the intercession of both powerhouse...
Endurance to Defend the Faith
The first time I read through the Acts of the Apostles, I was completely struck by this line in today’s First Reading: "He entered the synagogue, and for three months...
