At the beginning of the Easter Vigil there are words spoken as the Pashal Candle is being prepared. These words can easily get lost in the activity that is taking…
This is a true story. There was a man named Sundar, born in India, who was originally a member of the Sikh religion. He became a convert to Christianity and…
Bill is having trouble in his marriage. He keeps telling himself that everything will work out all right in the end. Naively, he thinks the problem lies just with his…
There’s a scary verse that we just heard from the Book of Genesis. I wonder if you picked it up. Here it is: “God put Abraham to the test”. Yikes!…
Friendship, C. S. Lewis said, often begins with the following observation between two strangers: “What? You too? I thought I was the only one.” When you face a difficulty, isn’t…
An elderly priest making rounds in a prison came upon a despondent young man. “Leave me alone, Father. I’m no good, said the young man. “Everything I have touched has…
A man sits by himself at the far end of the bar. He stares absently into his drink and hears these words coming from somewhere in the room: ...and when…
Steve was a hot-head. There was no doubt about it. If anyone gave him any push back whatsoever you could see the face get red, the lips shut tight, and…
My nephew gave me a rather unusual gift this Christmas. It was a book called, “Meditations”; not the meditations of Saint Teresa of Avila, or Saint Augustine, or Thomas Merton…
Alan was in his early fifties. He sat in the pew of his parish church waiting for the 10:00 Mass to begin. He was there with his wife and two…
A man is standing over the hospital bed. He's looking at his wife who is seriously ill. The doctor has just left and told the family that it would just…
As I get older I find that my memory isn’t what it used to be. If I think that there is something I have to do, I need to do…
