On faith, prayer, and the quiet journey of the spiritual life.
Carlo Acutis died in 2006 at the age of fifteen. He was beatified in 2020. His body lies incorrupt in Assisi, dressed in jeans and a tracksuit — at his own request. He was, by every account, a normal Italian teenager who happened to love God with unusual intensity. He played video games. He stud...
Read reflectionToday's Gospel reading takes us into the wilderness with Jesus, where He faces three powerful temptations from the devil after forty days and nights of fasting. This passage, read every year on the First Sunday of Le...
Read more →Jesus sees Levi sitting at his tax booth—a man despised by his community, considered a collaborator with Roman oppression, a symbol of greed and betrayal. Yet Jesus doesn't walk past him. He doesn't condemn him. Inst...
Read more →The disciples of John the Baptist approach Jesus with a straightforward inquiry: "Why do we and the Pharisees fast, while your disciples do not fast?" On the surface, this seems like a reasonable question. Fasting wa...
Read more →The Cost of Discipleship Jesus doesn't sugarcoat what following Him means. He speaks plainly about His own suffering and death, then immediately turns to His disciples with an equally stark message: "If anyone wishes...
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