Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read Luke 18:9–14 The podium was at the perfect height, my notes were in place, and the microphone system was cooperating. I was minutes away from giving my most personal talk yet, a heavy subject suited for a mature audience. Moments before taking the stage, the event host came […]
How to Hear God’s Voice When the Path Is Rocky
[…] movement in which the one who prays is lifted up and held secure … We come to see with our inner eyes that all engagements in this world can bear fruit only when they take place within this divine circle … the house of perfect love.[1] Like Nouwen, I have learned to prayerfully accept […]
[…] we want to hear and not what God has to say. To beg for the strength to answer the call on our lives and preach the good news of Jesus Christ to the nations; to recognize the great privilege of worshipping a God who speaks to us daily, whose voice we can hear. The […]
Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read John 20:1–9 My son is in the restoration business. His gift is seeking out worn, torn, and thrown-away luxury bags, wallets, and clutches. Seeing the potential, he upcycles and repurposes the leather with patience and precision, restoring its value and bringing it back to life. I love a […]
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, […]
[…] character through His own. Jesus served because in His kingdom, “whoever wishes to be great among [them] 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 […]
