When we allow our human heart to be surrounded by God's heart, we find joy and hope in the nooks and crannies of each moment and God present in every wrinkle of our day. This awesome love that God has [...]
By this point, I am sure that we are familiar with the term “fake news.” The term itself refers to a type of news that is found in traditional news (print & TV) and in social media websites that has [...]
Today (May 31) the church celebrates the Feast of the Visitation of Mary, recalling the event where the mother of Jesus travels to the home of her aging cousin, Elizabeth, mother of John the [...]
As our senior high school students prepare for their upcoming graduation, their thoughts and memories may begin to turn to the many spaces which defined their experience of high school: The classrooms where they aced tests, debated with teachers, [...]
In the reconciliation room of my church hangs a painting of the “Woman Caught in Adultery” crafted by Brother Mickey McGrath, OSFS. In that depiction the angry crowd stands to the left and the humiliated woman stands to the right. [...]
In Part 3 of the Introduction to the Devout Life, Francis reflects on how husbands and wives contribute to each other’s holiness: "The union of husband and wife in holy devotion . . . is the best and most fruitful [...]
In John 12: 20- 33, a number of Greeks approach Philip with this request: "We would all like to see Jesus." Can't we all relate to that desire? Where do we look for Jesus? Up the sky? Far away places? [...]
“When God created the world He commanded each tree to bear fruit after its kind; and even so He bids Christians,--the living trees of His Church,--to bring forth fruits of devotion, each one according to his kind and vocation. A [...]
St. Francis de Sales gives sound advice on how to meditate with Holy Scripture. He suggests: ” We can consider the Holy Bible, that is, the mysteries contained therein, and principally the Gospels, in two ways. The first is to [...]
The third quality that typifies the devout love of husband and wife is the birth and rearing of children. When I was a principal, I came to see, in the lives of the parents of our students and especially [...]
