On faith, prayer, and the quiet journey of the spiritual life.
Publication Date: August 4, 2026 There is a particular kind of fear that comes at night, on open water, when the wind will not stop and the shore has long since disappeared. Today's Gospel places the disciples in exactly that situation. Jesus has just fed five thousand people with five loaves an...
Read reflectionPublished: August 3, 2026 Today's Gospel places us in the middle of a storm, in more ways than one. After feeding the five thousand, Jesus sends the crowds away, dismisses his disciples across the lake, and climbs a ...
Read more →Published August 2, 2026 Today's Gospel opens not with a miracle but with grief. Jesus has just learned that his cousin, John the Baptist, has been executed by Herod, and his first instinct is deeply human: he withdr...
Read more →Published: August 1, 2026 Today's Gospel places us in the uneasy court of Herod the tetrarch, a man haunted by guilt and superstition. When word of Jesus and his mighty works reaches him, Herod's first thought is not...
Read more →Published: July 31, 2026 In today's Gospel, Jesus returns to Nazareth, the town where he grew up, and teaches in the synagogue. The people who hear him are astonished. They recognize the wisdom in his words and sense...
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