On faith, prayer, and the quiet journey of the spiritual life.
There is something quietly dramatic about the scene Saint John sets before us today. Jesus moves through the crowded streets of Jerusalem not as a triumphant king, but carefully, deliberately, "not openly, but as it were, in secret." The Feast of Tabernacles is underway — one of the great pilgri...
Read reflectionThere is a moment in the Gospel of Matthew that lasts only a few verses, yet contains within it one of the most profound spiritual dramas in all of Scripture. Joseph, a just man from Nazareth, discovers that the woma...
Read more →There is a moment in today's Gospel that cuts right to the heart of who Jesus is. The religious authorities are already watching him, already suspicious, already looking for a reason to condemn him. And then he speak...
Read more →The scene John paints for us in today's gospel is one of patient suffering and surprising grace. The Pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem was surrounded by five porticos sheltering a crowd of people in various states of mis...
Read more →There is a particular kind of courage that the world does not often celebrate — the courage to believe before you have any proof that belief is warranted. It is not the courage of the soldier who charges forward beca...
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