βI was groaning in spirit and shaken by violent anger because I could form no resolve to enter into a covenant with you, though in my bones I knew that this was what I ought to do.β St. Augustine is…
Previously I wrote about belief and mercy, how Jesus wants to save us, and how we need to repent and believe in him. In fact, Jesus himself in the Gospels invites us to “repent and believe” [Mark 1:15]. But how?…
βTo do what was wrong simply because it was wrong – could I have found pleasure in that?β (St. Augustine, The Confessions II.4) When St. Augustine was a youth, he and his friends got the brilliant idea to steal pears…
In the Gospels, the Pharisees complain about Jesus performing miracles on the Sabbath. Our Lord famously turns to them and says “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath.” (Mark 2:27). Jesus says this to refute the…
This is a different kind of writing than I usually do. I am going to be very personal. I have been reading and praying with the Gospels for decades, and seeking Jesus out at Church and in the sacraments, too….
We are busy. I do not know when you are reading this, but I imagine that you are in between your many important activities of this day. From the moment we wake until we fall asleep, our lives are filled…