Holy Saturday, nestled between two days of such great weight, gives us a chance to ponder the extent of God’s saving plan. Christ descended to the bowels of the earth so that he could bring us up from the pit of sin. When we find ourselves in an abyss of sinfulness, we need not despair: [...]
Love draws you up, but it does not sweep you off your feet. Not yet. Charity paradoxically manages to give you both heaven and earth. Jesus, Paul, and indeed all Christians, keep their sights high and their feet firmly planted. Saint Paul can catch you off guard. Just when you think you have a grip [...]
Augustine was standing at a precipice when he heard the story of two men very much like himself. He recalls in the eighth book of his Confessions how he learned of two men foregoing promising careers in Milan in favor of the peaceful austerities of the monastery. They came upon the cloister while taking a stroll, and [...]
Perhaps you looked back over your year and rejoiced. Maybe it was a bitter one, and you can’t wait to get 2024 in the rearview mirror. Or maybe the review process just made you cringe: you looked at that treadmill you bought in January and wondered at what point it became a coat rack. Whether [...]
One line in the second verse of “Amazing Grace” has always stood out to me: ‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear And grace, my fears relieved God’s grace is God’s love. So, by God’s love we learn to fear him, and by that same love our fear is cast out. What a beautiful [...]