Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read Luke 19:28–40; Luke 22:14—23:56 And just like that, Palm Sunday is upon us— the final week of Lent is here. I want you to pause for a minute and think about how your Lent went. Do you feel as though you succeeded, a sense of accomplishment in the […]
[…] Christ provides us with a recipe for holiness and a path to charitable love, which, when we persevere in following, will better reflect His image to the world. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, “Charity is the theological virtue by which we love God above all things for his own sake, and […]
[…] we will become, the more virtuous we will desire to be, and the more we will be able to “rejoice in the Lord always” (Philippians 4:4). Our world desperately needs a genuine Christian witness to radical love and charity. This calls for Christians who are willing to transcend class systems, racial and ethnic divisions, […]
[…] Father’s character through His own. Jesus served because in His kingdom, “whoever wishes to be great among will be your servant…the slave of all” (Mark 10:43-44). The world tells us to keep score, harbor resentment, and let pride take root in our hearts. Greatness, the world says, is measured by what you do and […]
[…] things. I prayed every morning, no matter how exhausted I was. I hauled myself to daily Mass, no matter how inconvenient. I thoroughly examined my conscience, noting the number of times I fell short of God's glory. I kneeled and asked for God’s forgiveness in the sacrament of Reconciliation every week. Morally speaking, I […]
Dig Deeper into this Sunday’s Gospel: Read Mark 10:2–16 We’ve all been there. We get into an argument with a loved one, and the size of the argument becomes much bigger than the size of the problem. It often becomes apparent in those moments that the issue is not this issue. Something more profound […]
[…] and strengthens our will to choose faith over fear again and again. We will indeed be tested, shaken, and may even sway under the weight of the world’s turmoil. However, our faith in Jesus Christ—our conviction that Jesus is who He says He is, that we are who He says we are, and that […]
[…] we do? How can we put fear back in its place and instead arise as confident women, trusting in an authority greater than fear, greater than the world, greater than ourselves, an authority that works all things together for our good (Romans 8:28)? We can find the answer in the book of Isaiah: “Do […]
[…] riddled with doubt, fear, and selfish desires. This moment transformed Thomas the doubter into Thomas the missionary. Thomas spent the rest of his life bringing the good news of Jesus Christ to the men and women of India, where he was martyred in 72 A.D. What do you need from our Lord? Where are […]
[…] Read Mark 1:12–15 Lately, prayer has been something I’m struggling with. In this season of spiritual unassuredness, I’ve found myself shying away from prayer and settling for the bare minimum. Being a mother to an 18-month-old and 5-month-old has changed everything. Gone are the days when I could immerse myself in theological texts, listen […]
