Certain memories linger in our hearts with special clarity. For me, a long-ago Holy Saturday that marked the day before my reception into the Catholic Church is one of those.
Prayer
Posted inDispatches, Faith
As Easter Sunday approaches, Parisians ponder the meaning of the Notre-Dame fire
The air was still thick with smoke and the ash burnt the eyes of the onlookers, who were relieved to see the cathedral still standing. For many Catholics, the coincidence of the blaze occurring at the start of Holy Week speaks of the greater mysteries of Easter.
Posted inFaith, The Word
How do you listen to the voice of Christ?
This Sunday’s Gospel calls us to create that quiet place in the midst of the world’s distractions,
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
John Dickerson of CBS News: Journalism keeps me humble
All journalists should be humble because we are so often wrong.
Posted inFaith, The Word
Christ calls all of us to discipleship. Are we listening?
The Twelve were servants of Jesus’ mission. Now, after the resurrection, they have become Jesus’ friends.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
On Good Friday, remember that Jesus understands you
Jesus understands not only our bodily suffering, but also our spiritual suffering, in these feelings of abandonment. He was like us in all things, except sin. And he experienced all that we did.
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
What if we didn’t wait until the last moment to trust the Lord?
We might find the quiet peace of genuine trust if we surrendered our willfulness early and often, rather than as a last resort.
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
Jesus transforms “the cup of horror and desolation” into the cup of our salvation
The cup of submission, of suffering, of death itself becomes the vessel not of our punishment or of God’s wrath, but of our salvation.
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
Sooner or later, each of us has a Gethsemane moment
I was deeply moved by a visit to the Garden of Gethsemane and to the Church of All Nations that is accessible through the garden.
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
Like a good friend, God comforts us and cheers us on
Whether we imbibed that living water at a religious summer camp, in a youth group or simply through the regular practice of attending church with family, we are blessed by the abiding, grounding presence of God, even when we drift away.