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…

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…

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…

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. …

An older woman sits in her living room alone and in tears. Even though her husband died four years ago, she still gets overwhelmed by waves of depression. Her children…

Joe was in confession, he never liked to go face to face, because the things he had to confess were embarrassing to him. He certainly didn’t want to have to…

In the early 60’s, a monk from Ireland was giving a retreat to other monks at a monastery in Kentucky. At one of his conferences he told this curious story:…

“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.” Very familiar words from Scripture. But what do they mean to you? What are…

Do you believe that God is taking care of you—looking out for you? In other words, how much do you trust in God? What do you think when you hear…

We have been going through some rather unprecedented times. Our entire world has been turned upside down, and although some restrictions imposed on us as a result of this pandemic…