If you love something, set it free!
Gazing at my children in their cribs as newborns, I was amazed. These tiny little infants, barely a few days old, trusted us for every need: feeding, diapering,…
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Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary
About a month ago a friend emailed me with an invitation to join a book club at our usual coffee spot with a group of women. I said…
This is the prayer of the saints…
Prayer is like a good meal to me. It fills a need, gives me strength for the day, and satisfies my hunger. One type of nourishment, food, fuels…
Pulling the Weeds of Sin
St. Maximilian Kolbe wrote: The more light of God’s grace within a soul, the better we will see the weeds and imperfections at every step. The Sacred Scriptures…
Joy
I was on retreat Saturday with our middle and high school youth ministry core teams. One of our deacons gave a talk on joy and said it was…
St Teresa of Avila’s Four Waters
In her first book, the book of her life, St. Teresa describes prayer and the spiritual life in terms of a garden and of water, using four types…
Red Hot Sinner
Have you ever been to Jerusalem? When you step out in early morn there is a chill in the air and by noon it’s so hot that you…
Living through your Suffering
“Nothing is small that comes from the hand of God. If He sends us affliction or suffering, we should accept it with gratitude; for whatever He permits to…
St. Catherine of Siena and Prayer
Prayer has been heavily on my mind these last few weeks. It began on retreat when the question “how do you pray?” was posed and the group asked…
Finding God in all things
St. Ignatius of Loyola is one of my favorite saints. His spirituality is a very practical one which appeals to me very much. One of the questions or…