On faith, prayer, and the quiet journey of the spiritual life.
There is a gate in today's Gospel that most of us walk past without noticing. It sits at the edge of the rich man's property, unremarkable in its plainness, ordinary in its quiet. And there, just outside it, lies Lazarus — covered in sores, hungry for scraps, waiting for someone to see him. The ...
Read reflectionThere is a striking and almost jarring contrast at the heart of today's Gospel. Jesus has just pulled his twelve disciples aside, away from the crowd, to deliver one of his most solemn and intimate predictions: he wi...
Read more →In the midst of Lent, the Church presents us with one of the most challenging and transformative teachings from the lips of Christ. Today's gospel from Matthew confronts us with a stark reality: the difference betwee...
Read more →As we journey through the Second Week of Lent, the Church presents us with a gospel passage that challenges us to examine the very measure by which we live our lives. In Luke 6:36-38, Jesus offers us not merely a mor...
Read more →Saint Teresa of Ávila, one of the great mystics of the Catholic tradition, once threw her hourglass down the stairs rather than spend another hour in prayer. This is, somehow, comforting. The feeling of not wanting t...
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