To allow feelings of regret to overwhelm us can be a dangerous thing. Regret or guilt can make us look at our life the wrong way. How many times have you wished you had a chance to do something over again. You say to yourself, “If I only had those circumstances back again so that…Continue reading Salvation
Mark was a skeptical person. He hated being this way but he couldn’t help himself. He had this strange fear that people were not really going to come through for him, that people really didn’t like him, and that they would, in the end, betray him or abandon him. Mark really didn’t know how he…Continue reading The Peace that Christ Offers Us
A young man writes of his mother’s death, “I was bewildered and lost. I missed my mother immensely. Everything she had touched became precious to me. Then one day my eyes fell on a card under the glass top of my dresser, I hadn’t noticed it before. It only became visible when I did a…Continue reading Jesus Knows the Reason
Robert had a secret. There was something that he did in his past that he truly regretted and was ashamed of. It was a sin, plain and simple, and he never told anyone about it. And as a result of this, he stayed away from the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Eventually he began to think that…Continue reading Sacrament of Reconciliation
It is not always good for us to cling to something too desperately. It can end up clouding our vision and make us fearful and anxious that we may lose what we’ve made so precious in our eyes. This can actually show our lack of faith in God—thinking deep down that God doesn’t have real…Continue reading Release the Grip
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 wife. He’s never taken the time to look at himself and what he might be doing. Then, one day he hears the words he never…Continue reading Let God In
How many times have you been through something in your life that makes no sense to you? You don’t know why it’s happening. It causes you pain and stress, and you might not even see an end in sight. It could be happening to you or to someone you love—-a son, a daughter or a…Continue reading Give God a Chance
Although Robert would never say this out loud to anyone, including his wife, he had to admit to himself that he struggled with feelings of disappointment concerning his son. When he had heard 20 years ago that his first child was going to be a boy, he was beside himself with joy. He would spend…Continue reading Look at Life with Christ’s Eyes
A man is in his car. It is a Saturday afternoon during Lent and he is driving by his parish church. And he thinks to himself, “I really should go to confession. It’s been a long time.” And this man has really been off track lately—his life is a mess. There are problems at home…Continue reading Turn Back to God
A man by the name of Bob Considine tells the story of the time he accompanied an infant Vietnamese orphan to the United States so she could be adopted after the Vietnam War. In the long flight to the United States, the baby’s eyes overflowed with tears but she made absolutely no sound. Bob found…Continue reading Jesus will come
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 the twilight steals, l know how the lady in the harbor feels.” When I want rain, I get sunny weather I’m just as blue as the sky…Continue reading Rely on Your Faith
As Mary sat in the back of church waiting to enter the confessional, she prayed, “Lord, help me to let go of my resentment of Rick.” Rick was her ex-husband, and someone who had hurt her deeply. A day hadn’t gone by in the 15 years since their divorce where she didn’t in some way…Continue reading Be Amazed by What Jesus Does for Us