Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read John 15:9–17
When I love someone, I go all in. I trust until a person gives me a reason not to. This has led me to some incredibly beautiful connections and friendships but also experiences of being taken advantage of and hurt. [...]
Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read John 15:1–8
At the beginning of Lent, I shared how I’d been praying with the question, “In prayer, are you achieving or are you receiving?” It was a question that began to reveal to me areas of perfectionism and a performance-driven prayer. [...]
Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read John 10:11–18
If I were to ask you to think back to your childhood and recall one of the first images that you had of Jesus, I’m certain the Good Shepherd would be among the most common. Can’t we all bring to mind the statue or image of Jesus holding a staff with one hand, [...]
Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read Luke 24:35–48
When life's storms hit and peace (along with my sanity) flies out the window, it’s hard for me to see straight. The brokenness feels like too much. Paralyzed by fear, I tend to sit in the shards of a broken dream, [...]
Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read John 20:19–31
In 2008, evangelical speaker and writer Angie Smith found out that her fourth baby would not survive more than a couple of hours outside of her womb. She began blogging about her experience, and two years later, amid my conversion, [...]
Dig Deeper into Easter Sunday’s Gospel: Read John 20:1–9
In one of her essays on women, Saint Edith Stein wrote, “Women comprehend not merely with the intellect but also with the heart.”[1] I especially feel the truth of this statement with my children as I’ve studied their unique mannerisms and reactions. [...]
Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read Mark 11:1–10 and Mark 14:1—15:47
Here we are, at the threshold of Holy Week. Somehow, another Lent is all but behind us. As we stand here, I wonder where your heart is.
Are you filled with eager anticipation as we prepare to enter into the crux of the Paschal mystery? [...]
Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read John 12:20–33
“Sir, we would like to see Jesus” (John 12:20).
There have been so many times that I have longed to see Jesus, touch Him, and hug Him. Countless times, I have knelt in adoration before the Blessed Sacrament and imagined Him right next to me. [...]
Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read John 3:14–21
It was how he held his fingers that got me. I have seen many images of our crucified Savior, but this one differed. It grabbed me because, unlike the familiar, sanitized versions I have grown accustomed to, this one did something to me. [...]
The Bible verses 1 Corinthians 13:4–8 are some of the most popular for weddings. And it makes sense—it’s a beautiful description of what love should look like. But what if I told you that when Saint Paul wrote that, he wasn’t giving advice to newlywed couples but rather to a Christian community that was divided and failing to live out the gospel? [...]
