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His Healing Power Is Personal to You
We all need deeper healing through the power of Jesus, but sometimes we're not aware as to how badly we need it. After my divorce, my heart was illuminated to...
Tenderhearted Mercy in the Tundra
The wind is howling outside, bitter and well below-zero. The house creaks now and then against the strong gusts that rush to batter its walls. They threaten to sneak in...
Your Existence Is a Masterpiece
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you, a prophet to the nations I appointed you." (Jeremiah 1:4-5) The first time...
Finding Holy Courage in the Widow's Story
Today is the feast of the Presentation of the Lord, which always makes me think of the Sacrament of Baptism. When I read about Jesus' Presentation, memories of my children’s...
Parables of Middle Earth and Medieval Norway
I had a Sunday Catholic childhood. I had a fallen away Catholic late teens/early twenties. But by my thirties, Catholic had become the defining characteristic of my life, personally and...
Coffee Makers, Dresses Inside-Out, and Jesus the Lamp Trimmer
It was a briskly cold morning of a whopping 8 degrees above zero. I girded what I could feel of my loins, loaded the van with an extra large coffee...
What Is Trust?
Does today’s Gospel overwhelm you? It has long intimidated me. But today as Jesus addresses His questioning disciples, I imagine something new: a path lined with His children, faces upturned...
My Salvation Check List
Can you imagine what it must have been like for the people of Israel, what a bloodied and stench-filled event the atonement for their sins must have been? Every year...
Join the Winning Team
In high school, I played tennis for my school. Our team was middle of the road. We were not state champions, we never won our division, but we played well...
Mystical Body Visible
The world becomes ablaze with beauty when you pause long enough to watch the hands and feet of Jesus at work. I learned of this truth, when after a week...
Keeping the Fire Burning
Living in California, we don’t have freezing winters, so cold days are memorable. On those days, we loved to have a fire in the fireplace, but it wasn’t always successful....
No Fireworks Necessary
I was a junior in high school when I had my conversion. Sixteen years old and terribly insecure, I was longing for love and acceptance. One spring evening on a...
