On faith, prayer, and the quiet journey of the spiritual life.
Published: July 18, 2026 There is a moment in today's Gospel that is easy to pass over, yet it carries one of the most searching portraits of Jesus in all of Matthew's account. The Pharisees have just left the synagogue with murder in their hearts. They are plotting how to destroy him. And wha...
Read reflectionPublished: July 17, 2026 There is a moment in today's Gospel that should stop us in our tracks. Jesus and his disciples are walking through fields of grain on the Sabbath. The disciples are hungry, so they do what ...
Read more →July 16, 2026 There are words in the Gospels that have been whispered by the desperate and clung to by the broken for two thousand years. Among the most beloved are the words Jesus speaks in today's brief but profo...
Read more →Published: July 15, 2026 There is a moment in Matthew's Gospel that easily slips past us if we are not paying close attention. Jesus, in the midst of rebuking unrepentant towns, suddenly pivots and offers a prayer ...
Read more →Published: July 14, 2026 There is something unsettling about today's Gospel passage, and it is worth sitting with that discomfort rather than walking past it. Jesus does not speak gently here. He raises his voice a...
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