Suffering is not hard to come by in this world, and sometimes it feels like it comes in droves these days. The saints were not immune to suffering. In fact, many of them seemed to suffer more than most. And yet somehow, the saints seem to turn suffering on its head....
Today we have a rich religious vocabulary, filled with words like bishop, liturgy, and martyr. But some of these words actually meant something different or were very ordinary words when the Apostles first used them and then they were given their religious character...
September is dedicated to the Seven Sorrows of Mary. In a unique way, we honor and remember the sufferings Mary endured as Mother of Jesus. By uniting ourselves to her sufferings we draw close to the sufferings of Christ which can help us endure our daily struggles....
Saint Monica, patron saint of Mothers, Alcoholics, Married Women, and Conversion. August 27th is her feast day, the day before the feast of St. Augustine. Most things that are widely known about her come from St. Augustine’s Confessions, but I was able to...
1. Participation in the divine To innovate is to participate in the creative act and process of God. All creativity, all innovation, has God at its source. At the very beginning in the garden, Adam was asked to tend to the garden. It was not a consequence of the fall,...
The Old Testament Mass reading from Hosea chapter 2 is a powerful reading and some background is in order and shows how we are pursued by the Lord. In chapter 1, Hosea is told to marry Gomer who is described as a promiscuous woman. Hosea does so and they are blessed...
