Do you want to be healed? (John 5:6) Jesus asked this question of the paralytic because He knew what healing requires—readjustment and change, which often makes us squirm with discomfort. The familiar—even if it isn’t ideal or if it’s increasing…
Our Lady of Guadalupe is a name given to Mary, the Mother of God, as she appeared to Juan Diego in 1531 in the hills of Mexico. Juan was a simple man, not particularly religious or notable, and yet Mary…
Tenderness. It is one of my favorite words, one of my favorite experiences of human connection. A tender glance, a tender embrace, a tender touch or word of gentle kindness. A sincere and softly-given offering, heart to heart. When is…
I find the annual transition from summer to autumn a bittersweet time. Even as my favorite season of summer comes to an end, I anticipate the comfort of cozy sweaters, warm socks, and hot beverages. I take in the beauty…
For he commands His Angels with regard to you, to guard you wherever you go. With their hands they shall support you, lest you strike your foot against a stone. (Ps. 91:11- 12) The worth of souls is so great…
October is here and with it comes some of my most favorite things… pumpkin spice, a month to honor Our Lady in the Rosary, changing leaves, cardigan sweaters, boots and the feast day of St. John Paul II. When I…
St. Clare of Montefalco and the Cross of Christ The heavenly bridegroom left the heavenly chambers, with the presage of the nuptials before him. He came to the marriage bed of the cross, a bed not of pleasure, but of…
“Our sharing in the Body and Blood of Christ leads to no other end than that of transforming us into that which we receive” (Pope St. Leo the Great). Recently, after receiving the sacred mystery of the True Presence of…
Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a multitude was coming to him, Jesus said to Philip, “How are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?” This he said to test him, for he himself knew…
