To Touch God's Body
He bound two nails together to make a cross for his altar. He used a piece of string for a stole, and a bucket for a chalice. Each...
Smashing Our Idols
“Smash the television set, turn out the lights, build a fire in the fireplace, move the family into the living room, put a pot on to boil...
Becoming Soil: Reflections on Prayer
Today's homily is a reflection on becoming like soil. "Earth doesn't have anything of its own. It offers nothing. Earth is the great...
The Church in an Era of Isolation
“We need each one of us and the help of one another more than one hand needs the other” (St. Basil the Great). Christian faith is as...
Taste and See
“Taste and see that the lord is good" (Psalm 34:8). Complete stillness. The priest muttered inaudible prayers at the altar. Incense...
Our Formation in the Blessed Mother
When a child takes his first steps, a mother is there to guard and guide. When the child reaches out to the world, to learn about hot and...
An Enchanted World
“I felt there was no happier person on earth than I, and I doubted if there could be greater and fuller happiness in the kingdom of...
A Generous Heart
“The generous soul will be made rich, and he who waters will also be watered himself” (Proverbs 11:25). She was a constant pain in the...
God in Beauty
A golden dusk looms over the wheat field in rural France. Two peasants have set aside their tools and a basket of potatoes. They stand...
Forsake, Pursue, Rejoice
He saw, he fled, he built. Three actions sum up St. Benedict’s legacy. From the very start, our parish dedicated itself to a vision...