Your Life Can Bear Abundant Fruit

February 25, 2024

Like Abraham, we may feel bitter sadness at the lack of fruit in our lives. But God wants your life to bear abundant fruit. How can it be?

Temptation

February 18, 2024

Jesus in the desert. Adam and Eve in the Garden. We, every day. The evil one is always attacking us. What should we do?

The Sacrament of Mercy

February 11, 2024

Jesus encounters a leper. Our sin is like leprosy of the soul. His Mercy offers us a Sacrament to liberate us from our sin. What did Jesus say to St. Faustina about this Sacrament?

Job – Help In Suffering

February 4, 2024

Job encounters the tormenting mystery of the suffering of the innocent. What can help us when we also encounter it?

Married or Unmarried?

January 28, 2024

St. Paul is answering questions about these different states. His responses are both challenging and comforting. What is the divine hope behind them?

Using Our Time Well

January 21, 2024

“The time is running out. … The world in its present form is passing away.” On this Sunday of the Word of God, St. Paul, Jonah the Prophet, and Our Lord Himself all speak of urgency. How can we make good use of our time?

Listening to God **

January 14, 2024

The young Samuel discovers that the Lord is speaking to him. God wants to speak to you, too. But we need to listen. How?

When God Hides Us

January 7, 2024

The radiant Epiphany of Jesus was immediately followed by the flight of the Holy Family. And Jesus lived most of the rest of his life hidden in ordinariness. What is God teaching us by these long years of hidden life?

With the Mother of God

December 31, 2023

As we begin this new year, Jesus gives us anew His Mother to help us in our journey.

The Presentation of the Lord

December 31, 2023

Mary and Joseph bring the Baby Jesus to be offered in the Temple. This event gives us two simple but profound examples for our lives.

Christmas in the Eyes of a Mystic

December 24, 2023

Sometimes our plans are ruined. Things don’t go as we expected. What was that first Christmas like for this young couple? This is a meditation from the Italian mystic Maria Valtorta.

Isaiah’s Prophecy of Joy

December 17, 2023

To His people who are suffering and discouraged, God reveals the joy He is preparing for them.

In the Desert, Prepare a Way

December 10, 2023

Many of us experience today a “desert” of loneliness and barrenness in our lives. How can St. John the Baptist’s life help us when we are “in the desert”?

The Lord of History

December 3, 2023

Isaiah laments the chaos and evil. He asks God why He has permitted this. We may ask the same question today.

Devastation and Triumph

November 26, 2023

We are living times of spiritual devastation. What is the hope that Christ the King brings?

His Parousia and MDM

November 19, 2023

What does “Parousia” mean? How does it encourage us? And how does this relate to MDM, which is celebrating its anniversary today?