The Vocabulary of Change
Not long after the Nativity we celebrate the Epiphany, the twelfth day of Christmas. People who celebrate this holiday recognize it as the arrival of the Magi at…
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Would You Like To Know That Your Prayers Will Be Answered?
Do you find it hard to get God to listen to your prayers and to answer them? What if I could show you a way that God…
Trust Jesus Enough to Wait for Him
Doing the right thing in the modern world is full of challenges and difficulties: we struggle with our own limitations while being bombarded with troubles from all quarters.…
…Silence
And all the multitude held their peace; and they heard Barnabas and Paul telling what great signs and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them. Acts…
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…
Get to Know God Through the Litanies
I love the Easter Vigil Mass. From the lighting of the Easter candle outside of the church, to the thrill of watching as new members are baptized and…
Priests Need Your Love and Prayers, Not Your Criticism
We’re so used to getting what we want when we want it, myself included. And I’ve written before about how we get caught up in the details, and…
Prayer
Sunday Readings for October 16, 2016 I’ve often heard people say that they don’t want to trouble God with their petty needs and concerns. After all, he has…
The Devil is in the Details. . . Literally!
I remember a time when I was at morning Mass. Just before the Our Father, the man next to me reached out to join hands. I explained…
The Lost Art of Humility
Editor’s note: This is a reprint from 2012, but still so true! One of the hardest Christian virtues for me to master is humility. It seems the more I…