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We All Need Saving
“I did not come to condemn the world but to save the world.” // John 12:47 When I cease to identify with the sick and the sinners in the Gospel,...
A Sliver of Supplication
Open our hearts, O Lord, to listen to the words of your Son. // Gospel Acclamation (based on Acts 16:14b) Lately, I’ve begun each morning by asking our Lady to...
The Fruit of His Love is Love
Blessed the man who is gracious and lends to those in need. // Psalm 112:5 I followed my dear friend into her living room, lit only by lamps and candles....
Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
[E]ars open to obedience you gave me. // Psalm 40:6 It was undeniable. All the evidence was spread before me. My failure to obey God’s direction led to a failure...
A Saint's Strategy for Gossip
Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up. // 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Some friends and I often quip about Saint Thérèse of Lisieux's strategy for avoiding sin in conversation. ...
Numbering Our Days
Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain wisdom of heart. // Psalm 90:12 As I braked for the stop sign, I saw them out of the...
Distress Doesn't Disappear
The salvation of the just is from the LORD; he is their refuge in time of distress. // Psalm 37:39-40 Tears of betrayal taste different. This is just conjecture, of...
Set Apart to be Sent Out
[Y]ou shall be my special possession, dearer to me than all other people, though all the earth is mine. // Exodus 19:5 I am picking up on a pattern in...
The Father Feeds
Philip said to Jesus, "Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us." // John 14:8 For the last few months, every time I quiet my mind...
Mary Magdalene Stayed
Mary Magdalene stayed outside the tomb weeping. // John 20:11 Have you ever seen those shirts that say “I’m with him” and have an arrow pointing to where, presumably, one’s...
Push through the Awkward and Apologize
Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and there recall that your brother has anything against you, leave your gift there at the altar, go first and be...
Heavy Lifting to Heaven
They came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. Unable to get near Jesus because of the crowd, they opened up the roof above him. // Mark 2:3-4...
