“Men have forgotten God; that’s why all this has happened.” There was a time when the majority of people believed in objective standards. That is not to say they agreed on everything, they didn’t. Bu they did agree that somethings were simply right or wrong. Several polls in recent yearsContinue Reading
“The ‘Little Way’ of St. Therese is a way of consecrating our most mundane and ordinary tasks to God, whether it is washing clothes or opening a door for another or saving a starfish” Saving Starfish One night a violent storm blew in from the sea and stranded thousands ofContinue Reading
“When we accept the Kingdom of God into our hearts, we accept self-denial. We no longer do things according to our will; we give ourselves completely over to the will of God.” The Old Man’s Son An elderly man lay dying in a hospital. He had suffered a heartContinue Reading
“To be sacred or holy, means to be set apart. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that we remove ourselves from the world.” The Desert Fathers were hermits that withdrew from the world to focus on the contemplation of God and deny themselves every worldly comfort. One day, one of theseContinue Reading
“the Gospel must first be preached to all nations.” Emperor Valens From the beginning, Christians have suffered persecution in one form or another. But that persecution does not always come from the outside, sometimes it comes from within. In A.D. 364, Flavius Julius Valens Augustus, known to history as Valens,Continue Reading
“St. James illustrates for us two paths of spirituality that we must keep in balance.” Two Monks Two monks were traveling through a forest on foot, making their way back to their monastery. Recent rains had made the rivers and streams swollen with fast moving currents. As they approached oneContinue Reading
“Submission is a blessing, given freely out of love for God.” How do we react to challenge? When our beliefs are questioned do we entrench ourselves in what we believe or do we take time assess the solidity of the ground on which those beliefs are based? What if thatContinue Reading
“The work of the Church)…is to build the Kingdom of God, to bring more and more people into the friendship of Christ” The Woman Clothed with the Sun Titus Flavius Domitianus, known to history as Domitian, became emperor of Rome in A.D. 81. He was the first emperor to proclaimContinue Reading
“Companionship is also one of the greatest blessings we receive when we receive the precious Body and Blood.” Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson, while he was president, was one day traveling with a group of companions on horseback across the countryside. At one point they came to a swollen river thatContinue Reading
“True success lies on a different path, the one shown to us by Jesus.” The apostles are revered in the Christian church. They were the first “bishops” guiding the nascent Church through its first shaky steps. But they did not start out as the most promising group of men. InContinue Reading