Never Give Up

Mary said, "All generations will call me blessed, for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name" (Luke ...

What is this Love? What is this Love, this Love inexhaustible broken into crumbs, poured out in earthen vessels? What is this Lov...

What is the value of our work? Are we merely part of a vast process for the production of things and the attainment of quantifiable ...

Jesus, I feel within me  a great desire to please You but, at the same time, I feel totally incapable of doing this without Your ...

In the difficulty and awkwardness and apparent impossibility of mundane life, there God is present. And this is not some abstract ...

The rainy season appears to be at an end, and Spring is rapidly turning to Summer. The mornings are bright but still cool, with clear blue ...

We are all suffering in various ways. It's true. Some endure greater trials than others at any given time, but we can't really ...

The Great Conversion Story  for May 2016 focuses on the drama of a king named Henry and his best friend Thomas. I have reproduced it below....

Pictures from these wet days of May: Wet buttercup blooming. It's pretty muddy out there. One crow, against the world...

"Jesus stood up and exclaimed, 'Let anyone who thirsts come to me and drink. As Scripture says: Rivers of living water will f...

The blood of John Paul II is honored as his chief relic. Today is the anniversary of momentous events in the history of the twentieth c...

Cross for the "Kiss of Peace" "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God"  (Matthew 5:9)...

Jesus said to his disciples: "Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you. Until now you hav...

No matter what happens in the world during this strange year of 2016, those of us who have encountered Jesus Christ living in His Church...

The ruins of Athens. Today's first reading from Acts  presents that wonderful moment that could be called the founding of Christia...

"Through this union of the immortal Son of God with our human nature, all humans were clothed with incorruption in the promise of th...

I often write about my struggles with discouragement and frustration. I have an image of what I'm supposed to be, and I feel defeat...

Tomb of Saint Catherine in Rome She was one of the most amazing women who ever lived, the youngest of 25 children, chosen to experienc...

Yesterday was a cool wet morning, but that didn't keep me from going for a walk in the neighborhood to look at the flowers that are rea...

There is a big difference between self-absorbtion and a realistic perception of the self. A closed and stunted self-preoccupation leads to ...