On faith, prayer, and the quiet journey of the spiritual life.
The Hail Mary is one of the most recognized prayers in the world. Billions of people have prayed it. And yet its current form took centuries to develop — assembled piece by piece from Scripture, liturgy, and popular devotion. The first half The opening lines come almost verbatim from the Gospel...
Read reflectionThere is something quietly radical about the scene at Jacob's Well. It is noon — the hottest hour of the day — and Jesus is sitting alone, tired from his journey, resting beside a well that carries centuries of Jewis...
Read more →There is a moment in the Parable of the Prodigal Son that theologians, artists, and saints have returned to for two thousand years, and yet it never loses its power. A young man, having squandered everything his fath...
Read more →Every year, the same jokes appear in Catholic circles. "What are you giving up for Lent?" Chocolate. Social media. Complaining. And every year, by March 15th or so, most of those things are quietly reinstated. There ...
Read more →There is a breathtaking audacity in the Parable of the Wicked Tenants. Jesus stands in the Temple courts, surrounded by the chief priests and Pharisees — men of considerable religious authority — and tells them a sto...
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