How well (or poorly) do you prepare for your day? Are you one of the wise virgins, ready with oil in your lamp, or – like the foolish, unprepared virgins – does the day get away from you for failure to properly prepare, pray, and meditate on a structure that keeps you on the good […]

“Words are choice and precious vessels that can be filled with anything, even the wine of error.” ~ Augustine, the Confessions Words express the way we relate with the world. If we pay attention to the way we speak, we will probably grasp something about the way we love. Some people, in fact, choose silence […]

“If God has created all things, where does evil come from?” – Saint Augustine When we feel inadequate, fragile, or guilty, we immediately look for something to hide behind. We are ashamed of our nudity. We don’t want to be seen. It’s a recurring sensation throughout our lives, one that we must all face up […]

It can seem easier to keep everyone happy by agreeing with the majority. We earn praise, or at least avoid trouble, when we’re on board with popular opinion. On the flip side, actually disagreeing, even politely, can draw all kinds of pressure to change our minds.  Our peers may even go as far as to […]

“Man is a rope stretched between the animals and the ‘overman’” ~ Nietzsche Anthony De Melo once asked, “What is the difference between a sinner and a saint?” Smiling, he responded, “None! They are both sinners; it’s just that the saint knows it.” We spend a great deal of our lives asleep, unaware of what […]

Do you have any Catholic Bible verses memorized? If you really believe in the power of the Word of God, you should make an effort to study it, understand it, and memorize it. It is a gift that we have been given to help us in our faith. It’s very useful in the Christian life to […]

How can playing with Legos serve God? I find it amazing when a person can take a talent that seemingly has nothing to do with God and find a way to use it to bring Him glory.Knowing the amount of time that it takes to create each of these scenes makes it even more inspiring […]

Groceries such as Whole Foods online are instantaneous. Gardens are not. Gardens are progressive. We scatter seeds and as we sleep they sprout and grow. Groceries market the obvious by deploying dye or colored lights to make produce more noticeable. Gardens do not. Most of us, as in Jesus’ day, know not how the land […]

“He sat quite still, benumbed and cold but little Gerda shed burning tears of joy; and they fell on his bosom, penetrating to his heart, where they thawed the ice…” ~ Hans Christian Andersen, The Snow Queen Many times we freeze ourselves so as not to feel what we experience. Perhaps it is an attempt […]

I recently saw Into the Wild, a film that came out in 2007 that tells the true story of a young man who, after graduating from college, left his family and his bourgeois world in search of happiness, thinking that he could find it in a state of total isolation from civilization. After a rather […]