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Why Won't God Show Up Like I Expect Him To?
But then I found myself working in a corporate setting, where it was all about performance and getting things done. T...
Finding Strength in Times of Weakness
In today’s Gospel from Matthew 17, Jesus takes three of His disciples up to the top of a mountain. Here, the Transfig...
How Do I Fill My Empty Cup?
In today’s Gospel, sandwiched between two of Jesus’ best-known acts, is the key to a heart perpetually filled and rea...
What Jesus Does with Our Preconceived Notions
In today’s Gospel, Christ’s disciples panic and doubt that their five loaves of bread and two fish could feed five th...
What If I Messed Up God's Plan?
July 30, 2020 Thursday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time (Lectionary: 404)
Reading 1 JER 18:1-...
When You Don't Understand Scripture
Time and time again I buy into the lie that to be a holy person, a good Catholic, I need to understand everything imm...
Combatting Racial Injustice with the Light of Love
As I brainstorm, I am first inspired by Solomon’s response: “Give your servant, therefore, an understanding heart to ...
Getting to Know God When Life is Hard
When I have a hard day at work, He still wants me to stop by the chapel to say hi on my way home. I don’t want to, bu...
Casting My Sins Into the Sea
That verse remains a favorite of mine to this day. The knowledge that the Lord casts my sins into oblivion whenever I...
Can God Just Get Rid of All the Evil People?
Why wait until the end of the age, Jesus? Why are you allowing evil people to dwell alongside those that are trying ...
How I Found Strength in Heavy Burdens
He doesn't remove the obstacles, hardships, pain of life to make it safe for me to live the Gospel and build the Kin...
Keeping Courage in the Face of Fear
When reading bible passages for personal scripture study, lectio divina, or just to prepare for the Sunday readings,...