Never Give Up

Rose Study, Number 4 .

The Collect prayer for the current liturgical week is especially rich. It is an abundant source for meditation on our life in this worl...

The life of faith is a struggle, an ongoing task, an experience of learning to love in a true, Christian way. It grows from a renewed e...

In His unfathomable love for us, God reveals the mystery that He Himself is Love. In the words of a great Father of the Church: "...

"Live in a manner worthy of the call you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another t...

"Abstract-painting stylizing" of a bad photo. Lindsey Stirling and Amy Lee "killing it"! We had a splendid experie...

Jesus said: "Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I ...

Our commitment to loving one another and living in communion faces many challenges. We must learn that real love means staying with other...

Here is a quotation from a great text that has challenged and encouraged me in so many ways: "Practical activity will always be i...

I have tried to run this original freehand digital sketch through all kinds of filters. Nothing seems to improve it. In fact, I'm sat...

July 11th is the feast of Saint Benedict on the universal Roman Calendar. As the Rule  reminds us: We must never despair of God's mercy...

"Love never ends" (1 Corinthians 13:8). Remembering Christina Grimmie (March 12, 1994–June 10, 2016)  with sorrow, anguis...

It must be a painful ordeal to pass through the mystery indicated by the text cited below from the twelfth chapter of 2 Corinithians. I ...

Happy Fourth of July! Happy Birthday to the United States of America! My country is 242 years old today. As a nation we are still rel...

Beer from Bangkok is just the beginning. Let's start off July on a lighter note. We have learned a few things from the experience...

Here we are, halfway through the year 2018. On the one hand, time flies  as usual in this period of my life. But, on the other hand.......

I got some roses for Eileen for our anniversary, and I worked with a photo of one of them as the foundation for a piece of digital graphic...

"There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through...