On faith, prayer, and the quiet journey of the spiritual life.
Published: June 14, 2026 There is a moment in today's Gospel that has the power to stop you in your tracks if you let it breathe. Jesus looks out at an ordinary crowd — people who had walked long distances, pressed close together on the hillsides and dusty roads of Galilee, looking for somethi...
Read reflectionPublished: June 13, 2026 There is a moment in today's first reading that deserves to linger. Elisha is plowing a field, twelve yoke of oxen ahead of him, the work of a prosperous farmer stretching out before him, w...
Read more →Published: June 12, 2026 Every year the Church sets aside this feast to do something both simple and profound: to look at the heart of Jesus. Not as a metaphor, not as a pious image to be glanced at and moved past,...
Read more →June 11, 2026 There is a phrase tucked into the middle of today's Gospel that has the power to reorder an entire life: "You received without pay, give without pay." Jesus speaks these words to the Twelve as he send...
Read more →Published: June 10, 2026 There is a question that runs quietly through much of Christian life, often unspoken but deeply felt: what exactly do we do with the Old Testament? With its detailed codes, its ritual presc...
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