On faith, prayer, and the quiet journey of the spiritual life.
The village of Bethany sits quiet under the weight of grief. Four days have passed since they sealed the tomb, and the mourners still come — their wailing carried on the wind through narrow streets. Martha hears that Jesus is approaching the village, and something rises in her that grief has not...
Read reflectionThere is a moment in today's Gospel that stops you cold if you pay close attention to who is speaking. It is not a disciple who offers one of the most breathtaking confessions about Jesus in all of the New Testament....
Read more →There is something quietly dramatic about the scene Saint John sets before us today. Jesus moves through the crowded streets of Jerusalem not as a triumphant king, but carefully, deliberately, "not openly, but as it ...
Read more →There is a moment in the Gospel of Matthew that lasts only a few verses, yet contains within it one of the most profound spiritual dramas in all of Scripture. Joseph, a just man from Nazareth, discovers that the woma...
Read more →There is a moment in today's Gospel that cuts right to the heart of who Jesus is. The religious authorities are already watching him, already suspicious, already looking for a reason to condemn him. And then he speak...
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