Walking down the hallway I looked at the tops of my sneakers, one foot forward, the next foot forward, striking black sneakers against the white laminated flooring. I was admiring how shiny, how truly clean the floor was. A sense of cleanliness came over me. I forgot about the daughter
The Communist Infiltration of the Roman Catholic Church There is a third reason why Our Lord’s Revelations to Carmelite Sister Saint- Pierre seem to have a special application to our time. In 1847, Our Lord mentioned by name the Communists as “the enemies of the Church and of her Christ.”
Definition of failure 1a: omission of occurrence or performancespecifically : a failing to perform a duty or expected action A Failure of a relationship From the Merriam-Webster Dictionary A failure of a relationship. When I first read that, I thought, ‘At this moment in my life, where do I have a failure of a relationship?’
In prayer life, we all reach a point of spiritual dryness. Spiritual dryness will come and go throughout our walk with God. You will know when you are in spiritual dryness when you feel stagnant. Does this mean that you are growing away from God? No. Spiritual dryness is a
The way that the shadows played under the door, I could see that my favorite tree was gracefully dancing in the wind. The sunlight shot like a laser beam into the closet.”Hey, let’s play shadow puppets.” I whispered to my brother. “Okay,” he said. This time, his lips only turned
God is present by His Essence everywhere and in all things by reason of His Immensity. (Creed of St. Athanasius; Council of Lateran, c. “Firmiter”; Vatican Council, Sess. III, c. i.) As I was taking laundry out of the dryer today I reached down to clean the lint tray.
Deuteronomy 33:27 The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. In contemplation recently – a realization, an uncovering was made to me by God of all of the times that I had questioned His Presence. Questioning God is not something that has happened in the past
Each morning I would walk down to Saint Anthonys Church by myself where I lived at the age of 16 and would attend the 8 o’clock morning Mass. It was and still is something that I enjoy to do, going into the Church when nobody is there. I would often
Yesterday I made some chocolate chip muffins, (extra chocolate chips) and as I was putting the chocolate chips into the flour I tasted one. I’ve tasted chocolate chips, hundreds of times. I’ve never stopped and noticed in that moment what chocolate really tastes like and how God made it taste
Our Priests are not dispensary machines. I think as laypeople, it becomes very easy to think of our Priests as available 24/7. It seems like it doesn’t matter if they have enjoyments and that God has given to them gifts – that He wants them to aspire. When you see
Reality Meets Faith 