Forgiveness: It’s Complicated
What does the word “forgiveness” mean to you? A burden? Something we are obliged (but never really want) to do? Letting someone off the hook? Pushing down hurt and anger?…
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Forgiveness
Sunday Readings for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 17. Just about everyone can recite the Lord’s Prayer from memory. That’s precisely the problem, though. We often…
Conversion: Moment and Process
This week our Church celebrates two great missionaries–Peter and Paul. Often when we talk about conversion in the Christian life, there can be almost a rivalry between the idea…
Who’s in Charge of Me?
As Catholics, many of our faith have learned the rules at the knee of a teacher, parent, or grandparent without ever having a disagreement, difference of opinion or…
Jesus is the Person Behind the Words that Christians Use
We Christians sometimes use special words to talk about what we believe. We talk about faith, grace, and works, and love, and hope too. These are all things…
A New Catholic Sister
As a convert, close spiritual relationships with my Catholic sisters-in-the-Lord are among God’s most treasured and healing gifts. One Catholic sister-in-the-Lord, is dying of brain cancer. She’s the…
In The Game of Life, The Rules Are God’s Will
This game of life we’re playing is really God’s game. Creation and our role in this world are based upon God’s plan and essentially His will. Everything that…
Divine Providence is God Giving Anonymously
In the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus teaches us to ask God the Father to “give us this day our daily bread”. By “daily bread”, Jesus means the things we…
Spiritual Direction
Faith is awareness of God as a personal God, with our personal response to the love in which we have come to believe. It is a personal encounter,…
I Thought I Was a Bad Sinner Until I Really Examined My Conscience
This article is perhaps a little too revealing, but I hope it can help you assess your own sinful nature. I’ve been on a major journey of faith…