When you worry Jesus will give you the leftovers
“Jesus, you are my friend. I trust you, but at the same time, I feel like I am always waiting for my desires to be fulfilled. At this point, I…
“Jesus, you are my friend. I trust you, but at the same time, I feel like I am always waiting for my desires to be fulfilled. At this point, I…
Even in his elderly years, Brother Edmund is statuesque. Well over six feet and with his long scraggly beard, he conjures up images of Treebeard from “The Lord of the…
“The greater and more persistent your confidence in God, the more abundantly you will receive all that you ask.” — St. Albert the Great Do you ever feel afraid to…
Amid the ups and downs of life and its many phases and stages, things can feel overwhelming when a crisis or challenge comes along. Although most of our days are…
I am a terrible Bible study participant. Growing up Protestant in a Catholic school, I was early-infected with the spiritual pride of knowing the Scriptures better than my peers. I…
October is filled to the brim with feast days of some of the biggest saints in Church history! Some may be familiar, others more obscure. Consider this a kind of…
Over the years, I have had the joy of working with young children. Inevitably, children are asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” As a little…
There have been seasons in my life where the Lord has asked me to fast from social media and from music. These two fasts have produced some of the most…
“Kiss icon! Kiss icon!” squeals my 2-year-old. She lunges forward and touches her lips to the icon of Mary and Jesus before us in the line for Communion. Other children…
Would you rather get up in the middle of the night for a crying baby or for the monastic bells? This question was posed to me in high school as…