When we read a novel, we can usually trust the author’s exposition. If the author wrote that a character is annoyed with a situation then the reader can trust that…
Some of the Apostles have nicknames in the Bible. James and John are referred to as “the sons of thunder.” There was a “zealot,” a “just,” a “greater,” and a…
Christ has risen from the dead! The Resurrection of Jesus is the crowning truth of our faith in Christ, a faith believed and lived as the central truth by the…
Look to the cross of Christ—behold the man.
The eyes that saw creation’s light burn bright
Darken in a visage barely human
As Sun’s pause shows homage in day as…
With each strike of the whip (flagrum), I can
imagine the accusing voice of the devil announcing
my sins which cause Your suffering. I pray for the
grace to turn…
In rising, You restored our life. When I fear death
and doubt rises in my heart, help me be at peace
in trusting God, the author of life (Heb 2:14-15).…
The law of the Lord is love. In His love for us,
God has given us our neighbors in need.
“The poor [we] will always have with [us]”
(Mark 14:7)…
Everyone is called to enter the Kingdom (CCC 543).
The Kingdom is here and now where
God’s will is done. May I live to serve now and
patiently await the…
Lord, You radiated heavenly glory yet spoke of Your
coming Passion. The cross is Your love revealed,
not an obstacle in Your path. Help me
sacrificially live my…
We are blessed with free will… and cursed by it. We can choose the greatest good… or the worst evil. We can choose Heaven or Hell. God could cancel our…
You became a spectacle in Your infirmity. May I be
willing to be thought a fool for the wisdom of God.
King of kings
And Lord of lords
Beaten; stripped;…
I am shaped by what I love. In loving You, Lord,
may I keep Your word and do Your will. Come
and make Your dwelling with me (John 14:23)
as…