Never Give Up

I'm rounding off January 2017 with some of the month's most interesting pictures...along with a special fun treat . From my place i...

It would be an understatement to say that many people have politics on their mind these days. The past week or so have seen various pro...

The Never Give Up  blog is six years old. I floated the idea in January of 2011 with friends and social media connections about startin...

For all the years that I have read and studied the theology of Saint Thomas Aquinas, I have found myself returning again and again to th...

"Everything begins with prayer… If all the world’s rulers and leaders would spend a little time on their knees before God, I belie...

Saint Agnes and the "Lamb of God" Agnes of Rome (c. year 304) was a young woman who put Jesus Christ first in everything, and...

"The order of thought is to begin with ourselves, and with our author and our end. "Now what does the world think about? Nev...

I have been reflecting recently on the theme of "epiphany," which indicates that the Mystery--the infinite, inexhaustible fulf...

Remembering on this day the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. These simple words have not lost their relevance.

What does this man Jesus of Nazareth propose to his disciples? And what does he offer to my life, in response to my aspirations, my quest...

Detail from Ethiopian icon Although the great feasts of the Christmas season culminated this past weekend, some of us will keep our lig...

Seven Months. "My faith is huge to me. It's not like, 'Oh it's just a section of my life.' No, my faith is my whole...

Baptism of Jesus, detail from Ethiopian icon. "A voice came from the heavens, saying, 'This is my beloved Son, with whom I am ...

Late afternoon Winter sunlight in Marlow Heights. We have finished the first week of 2017 already, and I am still debating whether I wa...

"O God, who by the Nativity of your Only Begotten Son wondrously began for your people the work of redemption, grant, we pray, to your...

The days of Winter are slowly beginning to grow longer again, even as the air grows colder. It's a new year for the world and a n...

The year comes to an end, finally. It was a year of unprecedented violence and destruction, with the news and everybody talking about h...

DECEMBER 29: SAINT THOMAS BECKET, BISHOP AND MARTYR. The Fifth Day of Christmas also commemorates the bishop and martyr St Thomas Be...