“With my two hands on the plow, I don’t mind my journey now. Keep your hands on the plow, hold on.” – The Gospel Plow, traditional American folksong Along the way to Jerusalem, Jesus meets a man who promises to follow Him, after he first returns home to say goodbyeContinue Reading
“The Holy Spirit works to bring all of humanity back to God. What was dispersed at the Tower of Babel is brought back together at Pentecost.” The Holy Spirit is revealed to us in many forms. At Pentecost the Spirit is wind and fire but it can also come toContinue Reading
“May we praise God always in word and deed.” Christ has ascended to heaven and is no longer visible to us. But He is still present through His Body the Church. He feels pain when the Church suffers. There are two seasons centered on the feast of the Resurrection ofContinue Reading
“When life’s storms become to much for us to bear, we turn to prayer and find our peace in Him.” As Jesus continues to prepare his followers for the time when He will no longer be visible, He imparts to us a great gift, peace. “Peace I leave with you,Continue Reading
Jesus once told us, His followers, that the greatest commandment is to love God with our whole heart, soul and mind. And the second greatest commandment is to love our neighbor as ourselves. Jesus Raises the Bar Today, as He prepares His Church for the time when He will noContinue Reading
“When we trust in God He will transform us into the person we know we should be.” It has been said that mankind has only ever had one problem; we want to be like God. Which is another way of saying we have trust issues. The Catechism tells us thatContinue Reading
“A Christian always looks at the present and the future, not the past. We do not forget the past but use it as a guide for our future.” The Past Fools Us In the 2012 remake of the movie “Total Recall,” Douglas Quaid is fighting to recall who he trulyContinue Reading
“to be authentic means that an individual’s actions are consistent with their beliefs and desires in spite of external pressure” In his book “Blink,” Malcom Gladwell recounts the story of the “Getty Kouros.” In 1984 the J.Paul Getty museum unveiled its latest acquisition, a two thousand year old marble statueContinue Reading
“Saint Lazarus the Painter believed that we do not live for the here and now, we live for the future. We are not content with what is, but struggle to achieve what should be and what will be.” Saint Lazarus the Painter Saint Lazarus the Painter was highly regarded andContinue Reading
When we are tempted, the best course of action is often to stand up to it, recognize it for what it is, and stare it down. From the Denver Post: “Like many sheep ranchers in the West, Lexy Fowler has tried just about everything to stop crafty coyotes from killingContinue Reading