Augustine & Conversion
Tomorrow, April 24, my community will be celebrating the Conversion of Saint Augustine. As some of you know, I am an Augustinian Friar, and we, as well as…
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Tag: Conversion
E-S-P for Strays
When a child or sibling, spouse or parent strays from the faith that once was the mainstay of his or her life, what can you do? You worry…
Continuing to Learn our Faith as Adults
I’m sort of a convert to the Catholic faith. I was baptized Catholic, but never raised in the Church. As an adult, I connected with more and more…
“I think I want to be a Buddhist”
I had an interesting experience the other day with a young man in the eighth grade. His mom had been trying on and off all school year to…
Valentines, not Resolutions
How are your New Year’s resolutions going? Feeling guilty yet? The excesses of the holidays make clear the need to evaluate many aspects of our lives and resolve…
The “gift” of a mother’s tears
It seems odd that shortly after celebrating our Lord’s birth, we are thrown into Lent commemorating His passion, death, and resurrection. I remember our late pastor saying that…
Knowing the Person of Jesus
Being that the World Synod of Bishops recently covered the theme of the New Evangelization, I had been mining for quotes, ideas, and themes to engage here. This…
If God Is for Us, Who Can Be Against Us?
Going against the flow of mainstream society can be one of the greatest challenges we face when living out our faith. Choosing between the ways of man and…
Faith and Football
Conversion can happen at any place, at any time, and generally happens when we reach an intersection in our lives. For me, it happened at the corner of…
One Soul at a Time
If we want to show the entire world the love of Christ, we must begin one soul at a time. We can try to reach the masses, when…