Finding Joy on Easter Monday
For Easter, we Catholics sure do a lot of preparing. What happens when the day finally passes?
Spiritual Fitness
Drawing Nearer To Our Lord This Lent
Feel like you've sacrificed enough this year? How to approach Lent without already feeling worn out.
Lectio Divina - Praying through the year with Scripture
Oct. 2 Gospel: Memorial of the Guardian Angels
The disciples approached Jesus...
Lectio Divina - Praying through the year with Scripture
Gospel for Sept. 14 – Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
New Tes...
Lectio Divina - Praying through the year with Scripture
Gospel for Aug. 6 – The Transfiguration of the Lord
Jesus took Pe...
Lectio Divina - Praying through the year with Scripture
Gospel for Pentecost Sunday
On the evening of that first day of the week, w...
Lectio Divina - Praying through the year with Scripture
Gospel for May 28 – The Ascension of the Lord:
And he said to them, “Thus i...
Lectio Divina - Praying through the year with Scripture
Gospel for Easter Sunday
On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came t...
Lectio Divina - Praying through the year with Scripture
Are we doing good deeds for the right reasons?
Gospel for March 1, 2017, Ash ...
Lectio Divina – Praying through the year with Scripture
When Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days, it became known that he was at...
How Do I Pray for Someone to Come Back to God This Advent?
Just talk to God about the situation as you would to a good friend.
Keeping God in your life during a hectic day
HOW CAN I KEEP GOD PRESENT IN MY LIFE DURING A HECTIC WORK/SCHOOL SCHEDULE? HOW ...
Can there be a ‘dark night’ in our relationship with God?
Some questions have come to me regarding the “dark night of the soul.” What does...
Walk through the Holy Door of God's grace
As part of this Jubilee Year of Mercy, Pope Francis designated a Holy Door at St...
Praying together in Jesus’ name
To gather in Christ’s name means we want to come together to seek the will of Go...
Allow God’s mercy to come into your life
On December 8, 2015, Pope Francis, on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, ...
Comfort the Sorrowful
I don’t know of any time or any season in the year when it is comfortable to tal...
Easter Grace Continues
After the Easter eggs are found and the chocolate is gone, we need to ask oursel...
The power of praying for others
In the last column, I spoke about the need for, and the power of, intercession. ...
The power of prayer
I wonder how many of us seriously believe in the power of prayer? Do you? In ord...
Preparing our hearts to receive Jesus: Praying during Advent
1st Sunday of Advent: November 29
In this first week of Advent, let us focus ...
Do you have 15 minutes every day? Give it to God
Can we meditate in a way that is faithful to our Catholic tradition?
Celebrate the Power of the Cross
The feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, celebrated on Sept. 14 on the Chu...
Make time for an at home retreat
So often I hear people say: “Oh, I wish I could make a retreat, but my schedule ...
Prepare to receive the Eucharist: ‘A taste of eternity in time’
Throughout the years preceding the establishment of the feast of the Body and Bl...