Never Give Up

The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples; and he looked at Jesus as he walked, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God...

Dorothy Day Dorothy Day has been on the blogs in honor of the anniversary of her death (the day that many hope will eventually be her ...

Here are some lessons I've begun to learn. I hope that I'm really learning them, and not simply spouting them off. In any case, th...

O Lord, what is Your will for me? Wait...hold it! Do I really want to know? Honestly, I am thoroughly and profoundly TERRIFIED of ...

Jesus healed the sick.  He spent a significant portion of His public ministry doing works of healing. It is true that the healing of the ...

Pilate said to him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" ...the chief priests have handed you over to me; what have you done?" ...

"With all my heart I forgive my enemies. Viva Cristo Rey!" On November 23, 1927, the secularist M...

Thanksgiving is a time to be grateful to God. People often talk about being "grateful" or "thankful" for things, and ye...

I know, its coming up. The "milestone" day. January 2, 2013. Of course I've been thinking about it. Its an odd situation...

Jesus asks us to follow Him. Its a little scary sometimes, being a Christian. Because we are in situations where we want to say, "H...

Most of the trees are bare now, but the weather has been brisk! Its November 18 already. The month is flying by. Some people say the ye...

The gift of God is present in every moment. When we live our often tedious and seemingly uneventful days, we are called to do so not wit...

Have you ever tried to "offer up" a dull day? Sometimes the challenge is just the fact that today is pretty much the same as y...

Today many have a limited understanding of the Christian faith, because they identify it with a mere system of beliefs and values ​ ...

Everyday conversation. What do I have to say for myself? Well, for starters, I don't really know how to listen to a person. I'm ...

I'm listening to the water running in the kitchen. The pounding feet of these two young people making their lunch. For a long time, ...

So often we are frantic and busy. We are distracted and, eventually, discouraged. We seem to want anything other than the actual life we ...

I have so many thoughts running around my head. I can't focus on a topic to write about. Themes and ideas pass through my mind; images a...

Election night in America. I don't know what it will mean for the future. But today, for some reason, I was remembering the past. ...

"Bernard of Clairvaux coined the marvelous expression:  Impassibilis est Deus, sed non incompassibilis —God cannot suffer, but he can ...