I have many, many faults. This should not be news to anyone who knows me. This is especially true when it comes to my spiritual life. I have been graced with a number of mentors and spiritual directors that have…
A Divided Mind At Prayer
St. Ambrose, Bishops, and Abortion
Towards the end of the 4th century, St. Ambrose took his life into his hands. Ambrose was a man who did not want to be bishop. In fact, in the city of Milan when the previous bishop died, there was…
Understanding the Love of Jesus
As Christians, we believe God loves us, and Jesus shows that love. We look at the cross to remind us: it shows us how much he loves us and to what extent he will go for love of us. So…
Why Can’t I See God?
As my school year is drawing to a close, I reflect on one particular class that I had. There were three students that insisted that God should show Himself to them. They said that they asked God to make Himself…
Pentecost: A Return to Unity
Yesterday was the Feast Day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit came down upon the Disciples. Most of us are familiar with the story, but I wanted to take a moment and look a little deeper. St. Luke gives us…
Being Alone
Modern life is increasingly an experience of being alone. Modern social media has supplanted face-to-face interaction with online interaction, alone in front of a computer screen or smartphone. Our friends who used to call, now just post on Facebook or…
Answering the Question: “Do We Become Angels?”
“Do we become angels when we die?” The short answer is “no.” But in this article I want to explore not only the answer, but how the answer should be given. A common misconception about human life is that when…
True Love Leads to Loving Truth
There are days when it feels like no one is listening. Part of this is the fact that I am getting older and the world I used to know is slipping away. All people begin to feel this way with…
Strangers and Social Media
A key difference between modern social media and earlier forms of media is that the modern sort makes it far easier for us to connect with strangers personally. This can be a good thing: strangers so often are friends we…
Jesus, Race, and the Syrophoenician Woman
A little while ago, a video on Tik Tok went a little viral that accused Jesus of being a racist. The proof of this was Our Lord’s interaction with the Syrophoenician woman. She is a non-Jewish person who comes to…