God created us with free will. The capacity to choose the path for our own lives. That means we are not obligated to unite our will or lifestyle to the will of God the Father, our creator. Hence...
Contemplating nature is a wonderful experience. Looking at the sky on a clear night is awesome. This is especially so if you are someplace where there are no electrical lights – like in a desert or...
There is one verse in today’s first reading that almost takes us by surprise. The prophet Jeremiah says: “They will in those days no longer say, ‘The ark of the covenant of the...
Thomas Merton once said that each moment of every day was filled with the seeds of God’s love, seeds of God’s action, God’s presence in our lives. Unfortunately, most people wander through life as...
Most of us think of the spiritual life as our search for God. We pray because we are looking for him. We come to Mass because we want to draw closer to him. We read Scripture because we hope to hear...
All of us would probably say that family is our first and most important value. As human beings we need a family to survive physically through the first years of our life and we need a family to...
There are times when I think groups within the Church offer us a false choice: opposition between liturgy and justice, or between ritual and discipleship. The Church has always taught that both are...
In today’s Gospel Jesus applies the prophetic message of Isaiah and Hosea to a practical question of what can be done on the Sabbath. Last week Hosea proclaimed that “God desires mercy, not...
Life can seem really hard and difficult at times. Often, we feel overwhelmed and crushed for long periods of time. Some people even live their whole lives feeling that way. This of course leads us...
Today we celebrate the feast of St. Bonaventure, a Franciscan bishop and doctor of the church. Bonaventure was filled with the spirit and love of St. Francis of Assisi. The rule and spirituality...
