Your very hands, once folded peacefully beneath the earth, will once again be vigorously poised up high to the praise of God. And in that eternal moment of sharing God’s perfect victory, we can even enjoy a most glorious high five with our triumphant Savior, our Lord, and our friend. After straining your whole being [...]
Jesus Christ is the perfect image of the invisible God. He is the perfect self-portrait because he is not just a representation of God, he is God himself. We no longer try to guess at the Artist through his works. Instead, we are brought into a real relationship with the Artist himself. For from the greatness [...]
Our Blessed Mother wants nothing more for us than to have a true relationship with her Son. In the current storm of misinformation, our Lady acts as a shield to protect the orthodoxy of our faith that keeps our eyes and hearts fixed on Christ. After a previous attempt, I wish to promote another title for [...]
More than a theological treatise, Sigrid Undset's novel "Olav Audunssøn" remains a true love story, one in which we find a reflection of our own story with a God whose love and mercy are pursuing us even now. Olav Audunssøn by Sigrid Undset Love is as strong as death, as relentless as the underworld (cf. Song 8:6). [...]
Some Christians get hats or bumper-stickers or even tattoos that simply say “John 3:16.” For some reason “Leviticus 3:16” doesn’t get much love. In that verse, we read: “All fat is the LORD’s” (Lev 3:16). Surprisingly, this verse points to what Christian joy truly means. In context, Leviticus 3:16 is a commandment that all the fat of a [...]
Would I have stood by the cross? Would I have still hoped, if I had watched my Incarnate Hope die? In this world, we suffer from our sins and the sins of others. Jesus comes to us—just as he came to the first disciples—and tells us that he has come to triumph over all the [...]
As the ancient Jewish sages tell, God created the heavens and earth on the first day of the Hebrew month Nisan. Seven other events in Scripture occur on this day through the ages, all pointing to a particular theme. Their connection is subtle, but see if you can follow the thread. On the first day [...]
Take a good look at the icon below. What do you see? Icons can be strange to our modern tastes. They are beautiful yet arrestingly otherworldly, with disorienting proportions and perspectives. Icons do not conform themselves to our own standards of judgment. To enter into the divine mysteries, we must relinquish our claim to be [...]
It would seem that we are not free in heaven. If there is not even a possibility of falling from heaven, then can we say that we are there freely or are we there against our will? To navigate this paradox, we can look to Dante Alighieri’s masterpiece, The Divine Comedy. In the poem, Dante’s guide, [...]
Saint Francis heard our Lord’s intimate call: “sell what you have, and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.” But even more importantly, St. Francis knew that such an invitation came from the fact that “Jesus looked at him and loved him.” This is the backbone of our [...]