In this morning’s first reading, we have this beautiful declaration of faith and trust in God. Susanna, who has done nothing wrong whatsoever, has been falsely accused of crimes with the death penalty. The men have trapped her with lying words and the people have joined in a mob shoutingContinue Reading
“Ask and you shall receive.” Sometimes this is hard to see in our lives, harder even to believe when things are going wrong. We pray for one thing and something else happens to us. What then are we to make of that? Should we stop asking? Should we flood heavenContinue Reading
Forgiveness. One of the hardest things for us to do, at times. Mostly because we think of forgiveness as forgetfulness, and they aren’t the same thing. Forgiveness doesn’t make us a doormat to be stepped on, or a fool to be hurt again. Rather, it does something even more powerful. Continue Reading
Here we are in Lent, the season of penance and fasting. A good time to disconnect from the information vortex of the world and social media and attempt to connect more fully with God. We do that through the three pillars of Lent: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. We try toContinue Reading
Life or death. Seems like a radical choice, and should be an easy one, right? This was the choice presented to the Israelite people and the formula used at their yearly covenant renewal ceremonies. Sort of like how we at Easter will renew our Baptismal promises during the Mass withContinue Reading
After his baptism, before his public ministry began, Jesus went out into the desert for forty days to pray and fast. At the end of that time, he found himself tired, hungry, and weak. It was then the devil came to tempt him. Why did the devil tempt our Lord?Continue Reading
“Life begins at conception.” This has been the stance of the Church and prolife groups since the beginning. Yet, this sentence isn’t entirely true. Something not entirely true is 100% false. Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were bornContinue Reading