My pastor said today that Advent is a time of gratitude “for the gift to come.” “Thank God ahead of time” is…
Advent: Thanking God Ahead of Time
Posts Categorized: Love
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…
Easy Ways to Help
Here are two ways (that don’t take much time) to help those who need it. Homeless Care Package Last year, I posted…
God’s Mercy in the Midst of Pain
I saw my friend Bobbie at Mass this morning for the first time since she started cancer treatment. I sat next to…
What I Learned from a License Plate
I collect cool license plates. Photos of them, I mean. I creep along at 3 miles an hour in parking lots, one…
Surprised by Kindness
“… his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled…. (Mat 9:36). Archbishop Fulton Sheen said that evil is…
Love is for Grownups
Virtues are good habits of character. No one’s come up with a better way to be happy than to discover how to…
How Can Love be a Wound?
In last week’s blog post, I shared something from St. Basil about love. A reader emailed me: “I got everything except the…
The Ability to Love is in Everyone
St. Basil the Great (330-379) wrote guidance to his monks on “fanning into flame the spark of divine love that is hidden within…
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