Spiritual discernment is the process of making decisions in a way that align to God’s will and thus maximizes our long-term ability to become closer to God and to better love and serve Him. I use the phrase “Walking humbly with God” as a reminder to live in
Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, All I have and call my own. You have given all to me. To you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and your
“Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal. I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never
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Most Christians have read or heard the story of how Jesus miraculously multiplied a few loaves of bread and fishes to feed thousands of people. It was such a memorable event that it is featured in all four Gospels. I always thought it was an unbelievable miracle, but until I
Tomorrow is the Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene, one of my favorite saints, apostle to the apostles, and an important supporter of Jesus’ ministry. Why did Jesus say to her “Noli me tangere” outside his tomb? I love St May Magdalene. She was for ever grateful to Jesus for healing
In 2008 I visited Ireland on business. My wife, Angie, and I took the opportunity to journey to the northwest part of Ireland and visit the small village of Knock. More specifically, we visited the Catholic Knock Shrine in County Mayo, a shrine previously visited by Pope John Paul II
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“O my God, Trinity whom I adore, help me forget myself entirely so to establish myself in you, unmovable and peaceful as if my soul were already in eternity. May nothing be able to trouble my peace or make me leave you, O my unchanging God, but may each minute
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“Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who we know loves us. The important thing is not to think much but to love much and so do that which best stirs you to
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Have you ever thought of yourself as a prophet? We are called to be prophets but why and how do we live this calling? We normally think of prophets as Biblical people from ancient times like Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel. What if I told you that all Baptized Christians
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In today’s Gospel reading (Mark 5:21-43) we get a powerful lesson on the importance of having humility and an unwavering faith in God’s love and omnipotence during prayers of petition and intersession. This reading contains two stories that blend together. First, upon Jesus’ return to the
Start and ending blessing of the meaningful address by Pope Francis in his 2020 Urbi et Orbis for the end of the Corona Virus, March 27, 2020 Start “When evening had come” (Mk 4:35). The Gospel passage we have just heard begins like this. For weeks now it has
Instructions to the Monastic or the Pilgrim A poem by Nicholas Samaras Enter this room and call it a cell. Fold yourself and put yourself away. For your whole life, you will be an amateur. But be an amateur striving. Enter this room and call it vigilance. Make your ego