Preparing our hearts to receive Jesus: Praying during Advent
1st Sunday of Advent: November 29
In this first week of Advent, let us focus ...
Spiritual Fitness
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...
Draw Closer to the Blessed Mother this May
Honor your mother and ask her to lead you closer to her Son. She wants...
Experience the real presence of Jesus during Adoration
In this season of Lent, we experience the great graces of Holy Thursday – but th...
Walking with Jesus on his way to the cross
How to pray the Stations of the Cross
The Stations of the Cross during L...
4 steps to 'getting something' out of mass
I don’t ‘get much’ out of Mass.” “I really wonder why I go.” “I go because I hav...
The hard work of forgiveness: The greatest gift you can give and receive
The call to forgiveness, to reconciliation, to peace. This is the message of Adv...
Seek reconciliation even when it’s their fault
Bearing false witness? Well, that doesn’t apply to me. I have never been in a co...
How to be truthful in your personal prayer
Jesus told us clearly in John 14:6: “I am the way, and the truth and the life. N...
6 Ways to Steal Some Time for God
The Seventh Commandment, “Thou shall not steal,” tells us not to take for oursel...
TAKE TIME to discern God’s will
Everyone asks themselves: What do I do with my life? We are free to choose whate...
Freely Offer Forgiveness
We recently celebrated the greatest of feasts: Jesus’ resurrection from the dead...
Ask Jesus to Increase Your Faith
There are two pivotal passages in John’s Gospel concerning the resurrection of C...
Find Time to Reach Out to Others
A few weeks ago, I came across an article that astounded me. You may have seen i...
A Different Approach to Lent
In this season of Lent, I would like to ask you to consider a different approach...
How do you Live Like You’re a Temple of God?
With the first Sunday of Advent just over a month ago, the Church began its new ...
If You Don’t Pray Every Day, Start This Advent
We are in the Advent season and I have a proposal to make. The Year of Faith end...
How can you really give thanks at Thanksgiving?
O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever. (Psalm 30:13)
We give thank...
How your life can be transformed through the Eucharist
As I travel around this country speaking in so many parishes and dioceses, and a...
How to find a moment of silence in your hectic life
In our society today, we are inundated with so many material things and desires....
Prayers of perseverance and partnership – The Novena
I want to offer you some reflections on a centuries-old custom in the Catholic C...
How to pray to the Holy Spirit
Fill the hearts of your faithful. Enkindle in us the fire of your love. Send for...