Early Gifts
Are you excited? Did you get it? What, you say? Your gift, your early Christmas gift from Jesus. It was right there, in his conversation this morning, the…
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Images of Christ in Those Around Us…and in Ourselves
I was looking through old photographs the other day. Yes, actual have-them-developed-and-hold-them-in-your-hand type of photographs. Many of the people in those images are no longer part of my…
Advent: The Real Meaning of Christmas Lights
Readings for the 1st Sunday of Advent, November 27, 2016 As fall moves onward towards winter we have places to go, things to do, people to meet. Yet…
Helpfulness
Help others and you will be helped. Proverbs 11: 25b We can’t help others without helping ourselves. Helping others gives us a sense of purpose. It makes us…
The Daily Examen
The examen is an examination of conscience done once or twice a day. There are five steps to it: 1. Give thanks to God our Lord for the…
Prayer is the Answer
We urge you brother’s admonish the idle, cheer the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient with all. See that no one returns to evil for evil, rather, always…
Fire Doesn’t Rest
St. Maximilian Kolbe teaches us that “(l)ove does not rest, but spreads like fire consuming everything.” (Aim Higher, 68) In a fire, one tongue may go out but…
Deny Yourself to Follow Jesus: Impossibly Hard?
Jesus asks: “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves, take up their cross daily, and follow me”. [Luke 9:23] We want to be Jesus’…
Twin Faith
There is a fiber that runs through my life that I have recently noticed. Twins come in and it is no coincidence. Every time twins come into my…
The Proper Place of Politics
With the election tomorrow, people are very much concerned with the result. This is understandably so since whoever we elect will in effect not only be leader of…