On faith, prayer, and the quiet journey of the spiritual life.
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 is nothing wrong with giving something up for Lent. But Lent was never primarily...
Read reflectionThere 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...
Read more →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 Laz...
Read more →There 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...
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