On faith, prayer, and the quiet journey of the spiritual life.
There is a moment in today's Gospel that deserves to stop us in our tracks. A man who has been unable to speak — silenced, perhaps for years, imprisoned in a world without the gift of language — is set free. The demon that bound him is cast out. And suddenly, the man speaks. The crowd stands the...
Read reflectionThere is a question that runs quietly beneath the surface of the Christian life, one that every serious disciple eventually confronts: What do we do with the Law? Not just the laws of our nation or culture, but the a...
Read more →There is a question buried in today's Gospel that most of us quietly carry without ever saying it aloud: How many times do I really have to forgive? Peter thought he was being generous when he asked Jesus if seven ti...
Read more →There is a moment in the Gospel of Luke that is easy to rush past — a moment so brief in the telling, yet so volcanic in its implications, that it deserves to be held carefully in our hands during this season of Lent...
Read more →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 d...
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