The monastery ain’t a hideout. A mug wants to come in here, take the vows, he should come because he wants to open himself to
It has been a crazy past few months here. I have been facing the usual high school senior dilemmas regarding the “afterlife”, so to speak,
Nearly every Sunday, I see it happen: During the Sign of Peace, parishioners near me smile and reach over to shake my baby’s hand. They
“Things were in God’s plan which I had not planned at all. I am coming to the living faith and conviction that – from God’s
O Father, Brother, Lord, And God, Spouse of my soul, Forgive my many sins, my crimes. Lave my wriggling, red, whinging soul And wipe away
Most of the liturgical year is comprised of “Ordinary Time”, when the Gospels follow the earthly ministry of Christ. This does not mean that the
On my onomastica or name day, the feast of my Confirmation patroness St. Elizabeth of Hungary, my friend Anne gave me a blank paper fan
One of the questions I struggle with sometimes is how much time I ought to be spending in prayer on a daily basis. This is
If you love me, you will keep my commandments.[1] On the face of it, Christ’s words seem obvious: of course we’ll obey Christ because we
Prayer is not worship. Worship is a subset of prayer. Worship, properly speaking, entails sacrifice, a gift of something precious to honour the deity worshipped.
Let justice descend, O heavens, like dew from above, like gentle rain let the skies drop it down. Let the earth open and salvation bud
St. Benedict gives us a remarkable example of discipline. His simple motto, Ora et labora—pray and work—is still relevant to our own lives, so many centuries
I was a solo traveler in the pilgrimage I joined to the Holy Land and Turkey. Most of the others in the pilgrimage were traveling
My small feet stepped across the sidewalk and my blue eyes widened as I took in the sights and sounds of Times Square. I had
One day, a home-schooled Anglo-Australian made a rather ill-informed statement on Asian education to his house mate, despite my presence: “Asians can’t be creative because
I jumped at the chance to review AT PLAY IN GOD’S CREATION: AN ILLUMINATING COLORING BOOK, because as the kid in all of us knows, nothing
In an election year where there has been so much division, I think we all recognize that there is a widespread experience of disillusionment and disappointment.
“Our souls demand Purgatory, don’t they? Would it not break the heart if God said to us, ‘It is true, my son, that your breath
The Year of Mercy will come to a close with the end of the liturgical year on November 20. How can we make the most
Are you in a situation where you are discontent with circumstances? Have you ever wished that things could just turn around? We could waste our lives
Don’t we all long to see God? Yet, so much of the time, He remains largely invisible to us. How does He reveal Himself in
