In this Year of Mercy, Pope Francis encourages us to show God’s mercy through our witness. The Holy Father called this Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy to direct our attention and actions “on mercy so that we may become a more…
Blest Assurance
I know that my Redeemer lives! What joy this blest assurance gives…goes the classic Easter season hymn. Do you truly believe that Jesus rose from the dead? If you’re an American, odds are, you probably do. Is your belief, your…
Trust In God’s Mercy
If anyone asked you if you would trust God implicitly in all things, all the time, could you say yes? If you’re anything like me, the first words out of your mouth, without hesitation would be: Yes, yes I will!…
How to Be a Fool for Christ
When I first heard someone say, “I’m a fool for Christ,” I didn’t have an urge to join him. In fact, I wanted to flee in the opposite direction. It brought up images of someone being obnoxiously Christian, someone with…
Have you seen a Ghost?
I remember a time in my past when I sat with a friend, no drinking, just in-depth talking, discussing real life experiences with ghosts. The couple of stories we shared were frightening. We were not doing this to will a…
Lent: Failure or Success
“My Lent has been a failure.” An acquaintance of mine shared this recently and for a while I agreed with her, as I felt the same way about my Lenten experience this year and most years for the last several….
Alleluia! He is Risen!
He is risen indeed! I love the Triduum liturgies and try to attend all three. This year, I was moved to tears on Good Friday as the congregation reverenced the cross. We were sitting up front as my husband was…
On the Necessity of the Resurection
We have now come through the long lonely days of Lent to celebrate new life in Easter. So now what? Lent is the spiritual boot camp where we are training our souls towards greater holiness. We concentrate on the sacrificial…
Easter
The serpent’s bite was a deadly one. The venom had worked its way deep into the heart of the entire human race, doing its gruesome work. The anti-venom was unavailable until He appeared. One drop was all that was needed,…
Catholic Fatherhood
And these words which I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart: And thou shalt tell them to thy children, and thou shalt meditate upon them sitting in thy house, and walking on thy journey, sleeping and rising….