I’m a firm believer in the power of prayer to heal, comfort, strengthen, and render praise and glory to our awesome God. At the same time, I struggle with seve... Read More ...
The Old Testament prophets unceasingly called the faithful to weighty (often public) penance. Continuing in the New Testament, we have St. John the Baptist, an... Read More ...
Jesus once asked a man he was about to heal, “Do you want to be well?” (John 5:1-18). Jesus knew the man had been ill for thirty-eight years, and so the questi... Read More ...
I can't identify the voice; in truth, it's not just one voice, but an amalgam of saints and sinners, strangers on the internet and in the pages of books and ma... Read More ...
We are now in the Christian season of Lent, the forty days of preparation leading to Easter. During this time, Christians are called to contemplate Jesus givin... Read More ...
The classical Christian understanding of the human person envisions us bridging two vastly different worlds. We are a body-soul unity, such that “I” am not my ... Read More ...
“Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.” – Jeremiah 29:12
Last Easter I set my hair on fire in church. It wasn’t exactly... Read More ...
I’d wandered into a lonely chapel to pray, happy to find a tabernacle and some peaceful quiet. Some moments into my time before the King, a dryness in my nose w... Read More ...
Prayer is time spent on and in our relationship with God. It can be conversation, contemplation, meditation, or activities offered to this end (in the same way ... Read More ...
When I was discerning the priesthood/religious life, I spent some time with several different religious orders. The seminarians and religious brothers would wak... Read More ...
The Bible is full of great books and stories. One of my all-time favorites is the Book of Tobit. We learn so much from this story: about God’s love for us, abou... Read More ...
For Christians, prayer is an everyday part of life, although its benefits are often taken for granted. For example, did you know that prayer has research-proven... Read More ...
