I must proclaim something to you! The words issue from my mouth as the Holy Spirit inspires me from praying with this particular antiphon in
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; you shall have no
When I was young and in Confirmation class, we were taught there are five types of prayers: Adoration, Praise, Thanksgiving, Intercession, and Petition. That I
This December, a series of daily Advent, devotional postings is running from December 1st to December 25th. Journey beside Mary, the Mother of God, as she
In the distance, a church bell rings. A dog yips, and another one answers. A slip away, a fellow mariner starts the generator on his
Whether it is the weight of current events or the crosses carried daily, we all have important intentions in our hearts. The difficulty with these
It is easy to overlook opportunities to praise God in the course of the day. Sadly, it is just as easy to do so during
“Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.” This past Sunday, the responsorial psalm at Mass, as quoted above was a beautiful one.
There is a natural phenomenon that’s easily verifiable. As an object travels away from its source, it becomes smaller, and as it travels towards the
Introibo ad altare Dei, ad Deum qui laetificat juventutem meam. “I will go in unto the Altar of God, to God, Who giveth joy to my
I cannot deny that there are moments when my inner attitude gets filled with feelings of awe, reverence, gratitude, and/or love when I consider who
The sin of human respect looms large in this world of exaggerated emphasis on high self-esteem, radical individualism, and sexual identity politics, grounded in a
There are not too many things in life that are certain, as the saying goes, except for death and taxes. But in addition to those
