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Keeping Our Gaze on the Shepherd
If you have spent any time at all in church ministry, you know how easy it is for disagreements to surface in the local church. Just spend a little time...
True Presence, Truly for You and Me
I came into full communion with the Catholic Church twelve years ago. A major hurdle to my conversion was the Church’s teaching on the Eucharist—precisely that the bread and wine,...
New Phone, Who's This
Have you ever gotten a new phone, received a text from someone whose number isn't in your phone, and written them back asking, "Who's this?" I have and remember feeling...
Four Reasons I Need the Eucharist
I need the Eucharist for many reasons. The Eucharist grounds me. On the days when I go to Mass but feel distant, distracted, or spiritually dry, it snaps me to...
The Victory Is in Jesus
One time, our family gathered with a group of friends to pray the Rosary. My five small children must have experienced an overflow of grace because that time, they prayed...
It Will Sustain Her
This past Sunday was my eldest’s First Holy Communion. She has looked forward to this day for years now; I think she knew she was going to partake in something...
Be Filled
Have you ever gone after something—a goal, or a status, or even a person—and once you got what you wanted, it just didn’t feel right? You spent all of that...
Cast the Net
“We fought for you,” I told him as he nuzzled in to read his bedtime stories. His big bright two-year-old eyes stared back at me with a glimmering smile that...
Nothing Is Ordinary
Somedays I have a knee-jerk reaction to things left in what we call “a common area” in community. Over the years I have tried offering it up or reasoning, maybe...
One Time Isn't Enough
"Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us," begs Saint Philip in today's Gospel, John 14:8. Saint Philip is making the very human mistake of believing...
Obeying God and Living in Hope
The Apostles were sent by Jesus to proclaim the Good News to the whole world. At Pentecost, the Father filled them with the Holy Spirit, not rationing His generous gift....
Whoever Believes in Him
John 3:16. It’s on the bottom of my In-N-Out fry dish and soda cup. It’s also on the bottom of my Forever 21 bag. It was written on Tim Tebow’s...
