St. Catherine of Siena (1347–1380), Doctor of the Church and Patron Saint of Italy, was a towering political figure of her time. She…
Patience: Queen of the Virtues
Posts Categorized: Courage
A Little Silence Every Day Changes Everything
Do you know of Sister Wendy Beckett, whose art commentary wowed viewers of public TV in the nineties? Sister Wendy, now 88,…
How to Avoid a Snark Attack
My brother Bill lives on and in the water. He swears that a shark won’t attack unless provoked. I’m not willing to…
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After Peter got out of prison, God put him on the spot. “During the night, an angel of the Lord opened the…
How to Love—From an Expert
Blessed Pope Paul VI will be proclaimed a saint later this year, according to our current Pope. Which means I’m jumping the…
Gratitude and the Cross
It’s March 25th, a day we’d be celebrating the Annuncation (the incarnation of Christ) if it weren’t also Palm Sunday! Part of…
The Agony of (our) Defeat, the Thrill of (Christ’s) Victory
It’s easy to kneel in church to thank God for his goodness and beg healing for our family and friends. Easy because…
How to Walk With Jesus, Even When it’s Uphill
I’m leading the reflections this weekend at a Faithbooking retreat at San Damiano Spiritual Life Center in White Post, Virginia. In this quick…
Less Preference, More Peace
“Here was a man words cannot describe. He was quite without a preference of his own; he neither feared to die nor…
My Wavy Line to Holiness
I came crashing into the Catholic Church in 1990, two years after reading The Story of a Soul. Having been blown away…
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