On faith, prayer, and the quiet journey of the spiritual life.
Published: September 8, 2026 Today the Church pauses to celebrate a birth—not the birth of Christ, but the birth of the woman who would carry him into the world. The Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is one of the oldest Marian feasts in the Church's calendar, and it is fitting th...
Read reflectionPublished: September 7, 2026 There is a particular kind of tension that fills the opening scene of today's Gospel. Jesus enters the synagogue on the sabbath, and the atmosphere is not one of worship alone but of surv...
Read more →Published: September 6, 2026 There is a particular kind of courage required to tell someone, in private and in love, that they have hurt you or done wrong. It is far easier to complain to a third party, to nurse a gr...
Read more →Published September 5, 2026 In today's Gospel, Luke gives us a small, almost domestic scene that turns out to carry enormous theological weight. Jesus and his disciples are walking through a field of grain on the Sab...
Read more →Publication Date: September 4, 2026 In today's Gospel, the scribes and Pharisees come to Jesus with a pointed observation. John's disciples fast and pray with visible discipline. The Pharisees' disciples do the same....
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