Here’s one of the many paradoxes of the spiritual life: through surrender to God, we achieve our greatest freedom. I found this…
Finding God in a Pizza Parlor
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Balm for the Election Crazies
“You rescued me from the strife of peoples” (Ps 18:44). As the election nears and communication gets ever more verklempt, this is…
How to Be as Magnificent as You Are
“Become who you are.” —St. John Paul the Great Have you ever considered how the assumptions you make limit your ability to…
One bread from 7.8 billion grains of wheat
A subscriber left a comment that she was going to pray this week for people who are different than she. It made…
Relax and Just Hang Out With God
Here’s my Lenten lesson so far: I am totally dependent on God to make any change in thought or behavior at all….
Am I Enough As I Am?
My guest blogger this week is Sarah Reinhard, who writes and reviews books and who blogs at SnoringScholar.com. I’m passing along Sarah’s…
3 Things Teenagers Taught Me This Year About God
Last Sunday we met Joseph, the toddler whose simple faith inspires the grown-ups around him. This week it’s teenagers—yes, teenagers, who inspired…
Finding God as We Wait
Greetings Friend, In this second week of Advent, I’m drawn to meditate on the “waiting” aspects of Advent — the beautiful emptiness…
The “Beyond Me” Wonder of Advent
The Mass reading on Friday was a one-two punch describing the glory of Christ’s kingship in a vision of the prophet Daniel….
Quick (and Easy) Way to Help the Whole World
Any prayer or virtuous action is a way to help the whole world. But St. Catherine of Siena’s prayer packs an extra…
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