What God wants is for us to say “yes” to him and “no” to everything else. Of the millions of good things available to us, he wants us to have the best. That’s because he loves us so much. He…
The YES God Wants from Us
Be Imitators of God?
“So be imitators of God, as beloved children…” Ephesians 5:1 A little over a year ago, my husband and I were sitting around trying to decide on a Scripture verse to have printed on the back of the icon cards…
Emmaus: From Despair to Joy
Readings for May 4, 2014: Third Sunday of Easter What a disappointment! They thought they’d found the Messiah. But he’d been trapped like an animal and executed as a criminal. Up until his very last breath, they had hoped he’d…
Spring and Easter Joy Call Us to Get Involved
Spring is here! Okay, technically it’s been here for a while, if you believe the calendar. And the seed catalogues, my favorite wish books. But the best part of this time of the year is that it is also springtime…
Oh the Humanity!
If you speak to your non-Catholic friends, and sadly sometimes your Catholic friends, at some point the topic will turn to abortion. Catholics are unabashedly pro-life. Some people see this as an extreme position, especially since we do not make…
The Hypocrisy Problem
Anyone who has tried to pass on the Gospel, be it in the classroom, in the home, or every day life, has encountered the hypocrisy problem. We are calling people to goodness and holiness. Yet most of us are keenly…
Conversion and Liturgy
Continuing the discussion on Evangelical Catholicism by George Weigel… Metanoia conversion is the point of the fourth characteristic of Evangelical Catholicism. We are not called to a one-time awakening, but rather a “constant conversion of life, which involves both the…
The Story That Just HAD to Be Shared
Readings for April 27, 2014: Second Sunday of Easter; Sunday of Divine Mercy The Gospels tell an incredible story. A virginal conception. Miraculous healings. Even people coming back from the dead. How are we to know that it’s not all…
A Prayer for the Times
Dear Lord My God I humble myself before Thee. I prostrate myself in Your loving graces. I approach You in mind, body, and soul. My Lord, I fear to raise my eyes to You for I fear You in love…
Mid-Easter Evangelization
Every Easter there’s drama at my house: When, oh when, will we finally have that Easter Egg hunt? My poor children have heard the dreaded words too often to count: “It’s not Pentecost yet, kids, we still have time!” Way…