On faith, prayer, and the quiet journey of the spiritual life.
Have you ever felt like your efforts to live faithfully don't seem to matter much? Maybe your daily prayers feel routine, your attempts to show kindness go unnoticed, or your small acts of service seem insignificant compared to the world's problems. If so, today's Gospel reading brings exactly th...
Read reflectionThere's something beautifully human about the disciples' request in today's Gospel: "Lord, teach us to pray." It's one of the few times in Scripture where the disciples collectively ask Jesus for something—not for pow...
Read more →As they were going out, a man who was mute and possessed by a demon was brought to Jesus. And when the demon was driven out the mute man spoke. The crowds were amazed and said, "Nothing like this has ever been seen i...
Read more →"But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear. For, amen, I say to you, many prophets and just men have desired to see the things that you see, and have not seen them, and to hear the...
Read more →"That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. Then he told them many things in p...
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