To deepen our faith, we need time and space. Making room externally and internally in our lives allows us to focus, reflect, and nurture our
What does it mean to be little? God became little to enter our world. Imagine: A tiny cell grew in Mary’s womb to be born
I heard the other day that Johnny, a friend from my high school days, died 6 months ago. We haven’t lived in the same town
In the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ, a voice from Heaven said: “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him”
My dear friends, beware of despair! The worries and anxieties that come into our lives can certainly knock us off balance and shake us to
Years ago, some time after my adult conversion, I was talking to a friend who was in the habit of saying things like “The Lord
In 1965 The Lovin’ Spoonful recorded their hit, Do You Believe in Magic. A happy, feel-good song, it went on to take ninth place in
“Many of my clients are dealing with a lot of anxiety nowadays,” my friend, a therapist, told me after Mass recently. Indeed it does seem
Back in high school, my shop teacher had us recite the abbreviated version Reinhold Niebuhr’s Serenity Prayer, the first sentence of the prayer popularized by
There are many lessons to be learned from reading Holy Scripture, but in my opinion, one of the most important lessons to be learned is
My young daughter sat quietly at the table eating her snack. Beside her was her plastic cup, Dora the Explorer smiling on the outside, and
