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Give Liberally However You Can
Haven’t we as a Church suffered so much lately? Blood spilled and churches burned. Scandals rampage and beliefs are tested. And we want to help our own, but where do...
The Time Is Now
My weary head finally hits the pillow. By the grace of God I take a moment to thank the Lord. I reflect back over the day and realize this is...
Adulting on Instagram and Relativity about Truth
"But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth" (John 16:14). Truth felt like an evasive slippery uncomfortable thing. I slinked down in the...
New Life Has Come
There is something really special about watching adults receive the Sacrament of Baptism at the Easter Vigil. This year was the first time I oversaw RCIA at the parish where...
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...
