Come Ignite Inflame
“Come, true light. Come, eternal life. Come, hidden mystery. Come nameless treasure.” “Ineffable drink! . . . Shining garment, burning...
The Weight of Sin and Mercy
“‘Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.’ He who is impatient and irritable does not know himself and the human...
Cherish the Seed
"Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great” (George MacDonald). “When someone gives his heart...
Prayer, Asceticism, Fraternity & Cold Showers
“While everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds” (Matthew 13:25). Prayer. Asceticism. Fraternity. A few weeks ago, I overheard...
A Meditation on Joy
“Be quiet, for this day is holy; do not be grieved. And all the people went their way to eat and drink . . . and to make merry” (Nehemiah...
To Seek and Find God
There was once a man banished to Siberia. He was pious, but morose and bitter. You see, while a child, his uncle had caused great pain,...
How Much Repentance?
“I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord.” St. John the Baptist was an extremist. There was...
Advent and the Apocalypse
“Advent and the Apocalypse” Fr. Peter Kavanaugh “Paratus sum ad Adventum Domini.” "I am ready for the coming of the Lord.” The word...
God in the Now
Offer Christ today. Yesterday and tomorrow do not exist. The day at hand alone is real. We get caught up and choked up with anxiety for...
Television and the Images We Venerate
“My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, and hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns...