Theme: Fasting The holy season of Lent is given to us by the Church as a time of renewal, purification, and return to the Lord. Traditionally, the Church’s Lenten discipline is built upon three essential pillars: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. … Continue reading →
If you have followed my podcast over the years, you may have noticed that it has been quiet for quite some time. I owe you an explanation. For several years now, I have been living with a neurological voice condition … Continue reading →
“Behold, we go up to Jerusalem.” When Our Lord says this, He is not speaking poetically. He is speaking quite literally. From Galilee to Jerusalem one travels south, and instinctively we would think of that journey as going down. Yet … Continue reading →
God never forces Himself upon us. From the very beginning, He has respected the freedom with which He created us. He invites, He calls, He offers grace—but He always leaves the final decision to us. Love that is forced is … Continue reading →
them with hope. I’ve tried different locations—more sun, less sun, different soil—yet with little success. This past summer, the plants grew to nearly four feet tall. There was even a single bud promising a bloom. But before anything could come … Continue reading →
This Sunday’s Gospel continues the Lord’s teaching from last week. The call to be salt of the earth and light of the world flows directly from the Beatitudes. What Christ proclaims today is not separate from holiness of life; it … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →Candlemas brings us to the end of the Christmas and Epiphany seasons. This feast—the Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple/ the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary—stands as a solemn and beautiful threshold: the close of one sacred season, … Continue reading →
The words of today’s Introit are the cry of fallen man—man wounded by sin and surrounded by death: “The groans of death surrounded me, the sorrows of hell encompassed me.” The Church places this cry on our lips as we begin the … Continue reading →
“He went up the mountain.” In today’s Gospel, Our Lord ascends what tradition calls the Mount of Beatitudes—not a towering mountain, but a hill above Capernaum overlooking the Sea of Galilee. Yet what matters is not the height of the … Continue reading →