Create A Clean Heart In Me, O God
This year I celebrate the beginning of Lent, and I do mean celebrate. Yes, it is a time to turn back to God, to repent and atone and…
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The Truth Hidden in a Rosebush
Playing badminton in a friend’s backyard I go long for a birdie, loose my footing, and land in a rosebush. While my friend veils an attempt to compose…
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…
JACINTA MARTO, THE YOUNGEST EVANGELIZER
Everyone sees Jacinta Marto as a seer or as a potential saint. Here we will look at her as an evangelizer, the youngest evangelizer we know of. Who…
Face It
When it comes to Saints and Holy Things we all tend to get a bit overwhelmed by the realities that those situations present to us. Realities such as:…
The Little Way of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Thérèse Martin, a french teenager who became a Carmelite nun in the late 19th century, did nothing earth-shattering: she lived an obscure life in a cloistered monastery in…
Contemplation
“Martha, Martha! You are worried and troubled over so many things, but just one is needed. Mary has chosen the right thing, and it will not be taken…
Of Saints and Souls
It’s not often that God gives a glimpse of what awaits us in the afterlife. By pondering the lives of the saints and even the holy souls, we…
Patron Saints for Every Activity
I don’t know about you, but I love sports. I’m not as good at them as I used to be, but that doesn’t stop me from trying something…
What the Zebedee Family Got Right (And How We Shouldn’t React)
By virtue of baptism, we are joined to Jesus Christ–and thus, supernaturally joined to all other baptized-believers. It’s a powerful reality! But, this truth can often be hard…