Surrender Novena
Last week, in one of my weekday homilies, I mentioned the Surrender Novena by Fr Dolindo Ruotolo. There’s a phrase in that novena that is repeated on each day the…
Give back to God what is God’s
Ben was a football coach in the local junior high school. He was very good at putting together great teams. On one particular occasion his team was playing a game…
Respect Life
Charles Dickens’s last completed novel was Our Mutual Friend, published in 1865. Like all his novels, there are tons of characters and plots and subplots. In this novel, Dickens portrays…
Be Authentic
Frank was a natural athlete. He loved Baseball and he was good at it, especially in high school. His Dad told him, “Frank, you have a lot of talent, but…
Don’t Quit
“Do not judge people, never express surprise at anything, realize your own weakness and sinfulness, one’s own need of mercy, and above all, ‘keep your mouth shut’ unless you see…
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Paul was at his son’s First Penance Service. His son, Andrew, had just come back from going to Confession with a big smile on his face. “That wasn’t scary at…
Trust in God
Sometimes we find ourselves in “impossible” situations. It can be a difficulty with your teenage son or daughter, a husband suffering from an addiction, a wife who's battling with depression,…
The Painful Truth
A young man has just had a difficult conversation with his best friend, and he’s devastated. His friend told him, in a very blunt way: “All you think about is…
United with God
St John of the Cross in his famous work, The Spiritual Canticle, wrote: “You do very well to seek [God] always as one hidden. You Honour Him greatly and indeed…
The Power of the Cross
A famous American preacher was invited to England to give a sermon at St Andrew’s Parish located out on the edge of London. And, for many years afterwards, whenever he…
The Storms of Life
There’s a young woman who has had to deal with a very difficult father. The father is an alcoholic who never admitted that he had a problem, and so never…
Foundation Principle
This past Friday we celebrated the feast of St Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits. St Ignatius’s letters and other writings are a great source for spiritual reading. …
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