[…] words likely slipped out that early morning. We cannot and will not go through this life without storms. Jesus tells us this in John 16:33: “In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world.” However many times we may read that verse, when we find ourselves amid the […]
[…] Sunday’s Gospel: Read Matthew 13:1–9 I am an amateur gardener. And by an amateur, I mean I buy beautiful plants, do nothing but water them, hope for the best, and when they die, I buy new ones to start the process again. Therefore, you can imagine how I felt when I brought one of […]
[…] keep us shackled and bound in darkness, where it not only becomes easier to keep the lens on ourselves, it starts to feel more comfortable to our world-weary hearts to stay there, give in, and remain silent. But sister, we have a God of freedom! And so, Jesus offers Himself as the antidote to our […]
Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read John 6:51–58 In the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the Eucharist is described as the “source and summit of the Christian life.”[1] It is the beginning of our spirituality, the fount from which our faith flows. Simultaneously, it is the highest point of our faith, the apex to […]
[…] hard to understand. He responded with total trust and faith in You. Help us, in the same way, to trust in You with unwavering faith and recognize Your presence with us always, no matter our circumstances. St. Joseph, pray for us. [1] Scott Hahn, Joy to the World. (New York: Crown Publishing, 2014), 74-76. [2] https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/homilies/2013/documents/papa-francesco_20130319_omelia-inizio-pontificato.html
[…] doubts about who Jesus really is? You aren’t alone. The very people who rubbed shoulders with Jesus did, too. But first, as we say in the television news business, the backstory. In this week’s gospel passage from Matthew, John the Baptist is in prison after denouncing King Herod for his promiscuous affair with his […]
[…] body, home, mind, family, and social groups. Our feminine genius disposes us to recognize and affirm the humanity, the goodness of the other. This is why the world needs women in order to be properly humanized. Of course, a woman can live this “genius” for people without being gregarious, but sometimes a hyperbole, like […]
[…] in 2 Corinthians 4:3–4, “And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing. In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the likeness […]
[…] verse that warns me that I am “a puff of smoke that appears for a little time and then vanishes”[1] sounds like the obnoxious ticking of the world’s most insensitive time bomb. I want my four small kids back. I want that tiny one-bedroom apartment. I want to drag my family’s dirty clothes to […]
[…] to my new year’s resolutions is so strong first thing in the morning. I’m like Wonder Woman with all her gear on, ready to take on the world. But as hours on the clock keep ticking, my self-control decreases. At 7 am, I recall that wine used to taste like cough syrup to me, […]
