Devotions
You Are a Prophet, Too
Have you ever imagined walking a mile in Elijah’s shoes? The story of Elijah in today’s first reading (1 Kings 18:20-39) illustrates so clearly this prophet’s complete faith and trust...
Flour and Oil
"Please, Mom, help me untie this knot." She looked earnestly and helplessly at me with her big brown eyes. I wanted to do anything but that. I had spent my...
Hiding Because of Shame
Be a good, quiet girl because nobody likes a loud girl, I was told. Wow, you sure are eating that bowl of cereal pretty fast! Slow down there, I heard...
Powerful Parting Words
With each passing year, I am more acutely aware of the brevity of life. I do not want to fear death, nor do I want to ignore the inevitability of...
I Am Healing You
"They did not know that I was their healer," says the Lord in the First Reading. (Hosea 11:3) This got me thinking: What is God to me? Throughout my life,...
Keep It Simple
I’ve always hated having the phrase KISS tossed at me. Have you heard this acronym before? Meaning “Keep It Simple . . . "—we’ll go with sweetheart here, since I...
Breathe and Then Speak
Man, those Sadducees were tough. They really thought they could trip up the Lord our God with their legalistic questions. (Mark 12:18-23) Sure Jesus was truly man, but He also...
It All Belongs to God
The deadline was that day, I still wasn’t feeling well, and after numerous paragraphs I’d written and then erased (including the entire rough draft that my computer had deleted when...
Faith Leads to Love
There was a time in my younger life when I considered leaving the Catholic faith and joining a different Christian denomination. It was shortly after my fall and return to...
Existence in This Mystery
My family and I live in a very rural place and belong to a very tiny parish where there are no organized religious education programs, so when it comes to...
Catch Me When I'm Falling
I know this feeling well: it starts as a burning sensation in my stomach and within moments I can feel it spreading through my whole body, threatening to consume me....
Facing Each Other with Our Grievances
So much happens in today's Gospel! The fig tree is cursed and withered, the money changers and dove sellers are driven out of the temple, and Jesus instructs His disciples...
