This evening begins the holiest time of the year. The ocean of God’s grace is poised to flood your soul as we are brought into the sacred mysteries and transformed by them. He stands ready to open our hearts as we bear witness to the greatest story our world has ever seen. I still remember [...]
If we too wish to give all or nothing, we must remember that everyone must give according to the different graces they receive from God. Holiness is not so much about “always giving just a little bit more” as it is about opening our hearts more to receive what God is doing in our lives. [...]
In every age, the Lord raises up preachers and prophets to courageously oppose the errors of their times and proclaim the truth of Jesus Christ. The problems that Fulton Sheen diagnosed in the middle of the 20th century have only continued to fester. This is part of a series entitled, “Preaching: Feeding Fellow Beggars.” Read [...]
“Man is a beggar before God.” These words of the Church’s Catechism reveal something of our fundamental dependence on God. This need is perhaps nowhere better exemplified than in St. Luke’s account of the good thief. Now one of the criminals hanging there reviled Jesus, saying, “Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us.” The other, [...]
We are never without the help of God’s grace. Even in our world of trial and darkness, we can always choose the light. And we know that we have this freedom precisely because God is always with us in our decisions. The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (1280 pages, Tor Publishing, 2011) At first [...]
The Colosseum represents for us the inescapable fear, suffering, and death awaiting us in our fallen world. As disciples of Christ, we are brought to the Colosseum whether we like it or not. To emerge victorious from that perilous arena we must surrender all fear, all thought of winning on our own terms, all desire [...]