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Let Us Shine
When was the best day of your life? Do you like to go back and relive the beauty of that day in your memories? When I remember the best day...
Courage, Sister
There’s a whole lot of encouragement happening in the First Reading. It’s mentioned at least ten times! But it’s not your everyday cheerleader encouragement that Saint Paul is referring to...
Your Yes is Enough
Oh, John 3:16. I see it plastered on Forever 21 bags, In-N-Out cups, and Instagram bios everywhere. When I was just beginning to know the Lord, I proudly had everyone's...
Being Made Little in Love
I am writing this at my nine-year-old daughter's bedside in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. The last six weeks have been rough as we went from learning she had two...
Our Need of God
I was talking to my mom recently about a foul mood that I could not shake. It lasted for days, and I was aware the whole time that there was...
Do All Dogs Go To Heaven?
Having served a Youth Minister for nine years, I have heard a lot of unique questions from many young people. Some of the most interesting ones have particularly been around...
Whose Image?
“Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God,” we hear Jesus instruct in the Gospel today. This is a familiar line from Scripture, yet...
Fear Itself
Blessed is the man who fears the Lord. (Psalm 112:1b) Fear. Not that scary kind of fear. Not that fear that makes you cower in the corner. You are not...
The Holy Father's (Not So Subtle) Kick in the Pants
We were packed in like sardines—sweaty, exhausted, ravenous—yet, no one really minded. It was July 2002 in Toronto, Canada, at World Youth Day with then-Pope John Paul II. Mass was...
What's that Saying? Compare and Despair?
I have a great affection for the writer of today’s Gospel. Saint John the Beloved Disciple earned said title when he gave it to himself while writing about himself in...
Countercultural Christianity
“Instead they had some issues with him about their own religion, and about a certain Jesus who had died.” (Acts 25:19) Imagine, 2,000 years ago, a ragtag collection of social...
Cautiously or Courageously?
Sometimes it just feels like a lose-lose situation. You find yourself in a conversation over social media, and no matter what position you hold, there is someone there to challenge...
