Sacred Meditations
Better to Understand than to be Understood
Have you ever been in a conversation where you found yourself mentally rehearsing your rebuttal while the other person was still speaking? Perhaps it was during a family dinner when...
Better to Understand than to be Understood
Have you ever been in a conversation where you found yourself mentally rehearsing your rebuttal while the other person was still speaking? Perhaps it was during a family dinner when...
Practicing Chastity of the Eyes (The Story of S...
Have you ever caught yourself lingering a little too long on an Instagram photo? Or found your gaze wandering where it shouldn't at the gym, the beach, or even during...
Practicing Chastity of the Eyes (The Story of S...
Have you ever caught yourself lingering a little too long on an Instagram photo? Or found your gaze wandering where it shouldn't at the gym, the beach, or even during...
The Mystery of Perfect Unity (Why the Nicene Cr...
Have you ever watched a master craftsman at work with their child, teaching them the family trade? There's something profound in that moment when you realize the child doesn't merely...
The Mystery of Perfect Unity (Why the Nicene Cr...
Have you ever watched a master craftsman at work with their child, teaching them the family trade? There's something profound in that moment when you realize the child doesn't merely...
Eat what's set before you
Several years ago, one of my former parishioners brought me a casserole. It was one of those moments when kindness arrives in a glass dish covered with aluminum foil, still...
Eat what's set before you
Several years ago, one of my former parishioners brought me a casserole. It was one of those moments when kindness arrives in a glass dish covered with aluminum foil, still...
For those who have been hurt by the Church.
Have you ever walked past a beautiful old cathedral and noticed the cracks in its stone facade? Perhaps you've seen where weather and time have worn away at the mortar,...
For those who have been hurt by the Church.
Have you ever walked past a beautiful old cathedral and noticed the cracks in its stone facade? Perhaps you've seen where weather and time have worn away at the mortar,...
The Garden at Both Ends of the Story
Have you ever noticed how the best stories end where they began? Think of Dorothy clicking her ruby slippers in Oz, only to wake up in Kansas. Or consider how...
The Garden at Both Ends of the Story
Have you ever noticed how the best stories end where they began? Think of Dorothy clicking her ruby slippers in Oz, only to wake up in Kansas. Or consider how...