In the novel Brideshead Revisited, the English author and Catholic convert Evelyn Waugh portrays a conversation between two characters illustrating the challenges as well as the joys of living the…

I think most would agree that it’s hard to keep one’s trust in God while suffering.  Yet from our readings today, we hear this message: “Say to those whose hearts…

There comes a time in life where we are asked to make a decision. And sometimes that decision is in the face of a hard or difficult message or a…

St. Catherine of Siena was a great mystic. At certain periods of time in her prayer life she actually would have conversations with God. These “discussions” are contained in a…

Currently in New York there’s a show in revival called Merrily We Roll Along. It’s a musical by Stephen Sondheim  and tells the story of how three friends’ lives and…

There are many of us who have wounds from the past that continue to affect us in the present. Sometimes the Lord, in his desire to come close to us,…

       A young woman was having a difficult time dealing with a particular situation in her life. As a result of what had happened to her, she felt as if…

       A Carmelite nun, Sister Rachel, still living, wrote this (a few years ago) in one of her books.        “Some may feel that I speak too often of sin,…

Why so many parables? They have been coming at us, it seems, week after week during this liturgical cycle of readings, and all from the Gospel of Matthew. The common…

Sarah had two sisters. The two sisters both knew that Sarah talked a good game, but when it came to follow through—not so good. So, when their mother got sick…

There are times when Jesus, in his message to the disciples, and so to us, really goes against the grain, even to the point where we think to ourselves, I…

Nick was sitting in an RCIA class and found himself really struggling with what the catechist was teaching. The group was having a discussion about mercy and forgiveness, and the…