Faith

Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent Readings: Jeremiah 11:18-20 Psalms 7:2-3, 9BC-10, 11-12 John 7:40-53

He cried out in a loud voice, 'Lazarus, come out!' The dead man came out, tied hand and foot with burial bands, and his face was wrapped in a cloth. So Jesus said to them, 'Untie him and let him go.' (John 11:43-44) My spirits soar when I…

I have been on my parish Adoration team — doing a scheduled one-hour-a-week on Fridays — since February 2001. It’s a habit I’m loath to break, unless sick — or, in this case, listening to a stay-at-home order from the governor of…

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted. (Psalm 34:19) I was feeling discouraged after a speaker I know told a story that put women in a very negative light. Even though he later apologized, I wondered if he really understood the effect his…

Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent Readings: Wisdom 2:1A, 12-22 Psalms 34:17-18, 19-20, 21, 23 John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30

At its core, Christianity is a religion which revolves around suffering. From the beginning of the Scriptures we see how man’s own folly has condemned us to lives filled with suffering, and the long breadth of human history easily…

 They forgot the God who had saved them, who had done great deeds in Egypt. (Psalm 106:21) In an interview with a father whose only son had been convicted of mass murder and sentenced to death, the father told of the deep love he had for…

Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent Readings: Exodus 32:7-14 Psalms 106:19-20, 21-22, 23 John 5:31-47

What we do know about Mary comes to us from the Gospel evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. In the early centuries of the Church, many traditions arose around Mary and her life. Some have no foundation in Scripture, such as her…

When I read these first chapters of Luke’s Gospel, I can’t help but compare and contrast. On the one hand, there’s Zechariah — John the Baptist’s father — being struck mute in the temple, a grand, glorious place where only a few could…