Readings for May 3, 2015: 5th Sunday of Easter No one was more zealous than Saul. He burned with passion to promote the Law of Moses and the traditions of his ancestors. From Turkey to Palestine to Syria he had relentlessly…
Bearing Much Fruit
What It Means to Pray “Thy Kingdom Come”
I recently had the opportunity to study a small portion of St. Teresa of Avilla’s writings on the Lord’s Prayer. I learned many things from this study that I’ve been meditating on for the last couple of weeks, but there…
Rehoboam and the Catholic Church
When I speak with my Protestant brethren, all our differences boil down to a single issue – authority. Who has the authority to interpret scripture? Who has the authority to bind and loose? And many of my Protestant friends will…
A Seeking Heart: Kingdom First
The adventure continues — my search for holiness in the ordinary every day that is my life. Sometimes, all the steps toward surrender to God’s Will and the peace promised therein is interrupted by anxiety. Lots of anxiety – think…
On the Necessity of the Trinity
The first and deepest mystery of the Christian faith is the Trinity. It is a mystery because we can never fully understand it: we have 3 distinct Persons in One God. The Father is not the Son, neither of Them…
Are You Synced?
Does this question confuse you? It is a statement that has nothing to do with the dinner dishes. Rather, it is a question that the “young people” understand as a regular term in their vocabulary. You know, those people who…
Book Review – Sacred Fire, A Vision for Deeper Human and Christian Maturity by Fr. Ronald Rolheiser, OMI.
I was introduced a few years ago to Rolheiser when I read his book The Holy Longing. His writing resonated with me and helped me to understand much about myself and spirituality. I learned I was not the only person…
Ask Me!
I had an idea for Easter. You know how folks will come to Midnight Christmas Mass and Easter Sunday Masses, but that will be it for the year. They might be inactive Catholics or not Catholic at all, but they…
Ordinary Men
For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called. But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God…
Are You a Youthful Disciple?
What was it like when you first believed that Jesus has power over death? When you had that conversion that led to your personal relationship with Jesus Christ? For me, it was (literally and figuratively) a springtime. A new part…