One of the fundamental mistakes of the Pharisees is the vice of self-deception, the sin of being impostors to themselves. But it is by no means restricted to them. Indeed, the case of the Pharisees should stand as a warning to us. Matthew 15: 1-2, 10-14 brings us another episode in which Jesus is questioned [...]
It is a truth of the Church universally acknowledged that loving God is the end for which we are created. God’s love alone makes sense of and makes meaningful my life, your life. And yet loving God can seem difficult—not, to be sure, because God has loved us too little but rather because we have [...]
Mary and Joseph spent every day gazing on the face of God incarnate—their own son. These two, no doubt, were profoundly aware of the privilege of every second with their child, the God of the universe. Let us take their example, then, to ask God for the grace to make each moment in his presence [...]