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…
A Prayer for the Times
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…
Rise from The tomb of Sin on Divine Mercy Sunday
As my grandma lay sick in the hospital, she struggled. Nana struggled to keep her health and to feel comfort and hope. Then my brother placed a Divine Mercy image on the bulletin board in her room. She said it…
Total Consecration to Mary: “A Challenge We’re Up For”
While Fr. Joshua Waltz prepared his homily for the All Saint’s Day Mass at St. Mary’s Central High School in Bismarck, he recalled a phone call from his brother Fr. Justin. “Don’t forget, if you plan to make the Total…
Let This Cup Pass
The Agony in the Garden is one of the most powerful scenes from the Gospels. Emotion, drama, doubt, and pain, all within these few verses. It must be an important event in the life of Christ, since it is covered…
Tenebrae: A Light in the Darkness
Anyone who does not see darkness in the world is blind. Think of the darkness in the world. Conflict and wars all over the world, with the nation’s military spread thin throughout the regions. And the more there is military…
Choose the Cross
And whosoever doth not bear his cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple. (Luke 14:27,KJV) Imagine you are applying for a job. You’ve gotten through the interview process and are now negotiating your contract. Everything you’ve heard about…
Seeking Truth and Sacraments
I am continuing my discussion of Evangelical Catholicism by George Weigel. Previous post is here. The second characteristic Weigel lists is, “Evangelical Catholicism affirms divine revelation and embraces its authority, which continues through history in the teaching authority of the…
Hitting a Wall on My Own
Did you catch the reading from Paul’s Letter to the Romans at Mass yesterday? It was easy to miss, with the absolutely life-changing declaration from Jesus in the Gospel, “I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me,…
Psalms: The Prayer that Fits Any Situation
Well, here we are at the halfway point of Lent. We have all been working hard on our acts of penance and of charity. Hopefully we have been able to attend some of our parish prayers, such as Stations of…