What Fatima Asks of Us (and what it doesn’t)
Sometimes He sends the sun dancing, but usually He just keeps the earth spinning each day. ...
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Tag: faithfulness
Carmelite Musings | You Are Good
Image: “Road to Emmaus” (detail) by Robert Zünd | Public domain via Wikimedia Commons...
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Carmelite Musings | Resistance
Image: via Shutterstock No one likes to be told what to do, when to do it, or how to do it. ...
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Carmelite Musings | St. Thérèse
I did not like St. Therese. At all. First off, prior to the convent, I was a bit...
Read MoreThe Communion of Saints and my “son of encouragement”
“I need Larry. And now he can help me even more than he did before.” This weekend is the year anniversary of the death of my friend Larry. While he did not die of COVID, his death in the midst of the pandemic meant...
Read MoreThe Faithful Shepherd
“We may be foolish sheep. We may be disobedient children. But God still calls us His own.” You may perhaps live in a non-agrarian community, far from harvesting and fields of animals. The image of the shepherd which...
Read MoreEncountering the Word — Proverbs 3:3
“Let not loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them about your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.” (Proverbs 3:3) Please share on Facebook and other social media below: Print this...
Read MoreEncountering the Word — Hebrews 3:12-14
“Take care, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called ‘today,’ that none of you may be hardened by...
Read MoreEncountering the Word — Psalm 26:3
“For thy steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in faithfulness to thee.” (Psalm 26:3) Please share this post on Facebook and other social media below: Print this...
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Anchors in the Storm
I have tried in recent columns to respond to some of the many questions that people have been...
Read MoreStaying Faithful As We Endure the Crisis
Two weeks ago I wrote a column attempting to respond to many of the questions friends and reporters had about the crisis of sexual infidelity among clergy. Since that article, I have received many more emails and phone calls,...
Read MoreEncountering the Word — Proverbs 3:3
“Let not loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them about your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.” (Proverbs 3:3) Please share on social media. Print this...
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