For regular readers of this blog, the weekly “F.U.N. Quotient” is taking a little break for Lent. It will return in the Easter season. Fridays, being the day Christ died on the Cross, begs for my attempt at solemnity for Lent. So for the next several Fridays in Lent, I’d like to deal with the splinters…
Read MoreToday’s Morning Prayer canticle from Deuteronomy captures this phrase: “He encircled him, he cared for him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. (Dt 32:10) Elsewhere in the Old Testament the Psalmist prays: “Keep me as the apple of the eye; hide me in the shadow of thy wings.” (Ps 17:8) The bible makes use of that…
Read MoreFrom Morning Prayer: “The Lord’s friendship is for those who revere him; to them he reveals his covenant.” – Psalm 25:14 I’m contemplating the sheer graces of God’s friendship this morning as I chew on this little morsel from the psalms I found in the Magnificat this morning. Often the call to be a saint starts…
Read MoreToday the optional memorial in the Church calendar is the Holy Name of Jesus. It’s not only the name for Our Lord and Savior, it makes a perfect prayer… “Jesus”. Here’s my own little homage to Jesus for today… a sampling from my column at Patheos… When I consider the proximity of Jesus to me…
Read MoreEver keep a song on your playlist for 10 years or more? For me, this is one of those… Did you listen to it? Since it came out in 2000, every single time, I’m convicted by that lyric… “You are faithful, I’m forgetful.” It’s so true that I often just breeze by Christ, who is…
Read MoreThe Year of Faith is calling us to be more faithful. The three-fold call to know our faith, live our faith, and share our faith is what this year is all about. Here’s one of six suggestions on living our daily call to prayer, from my column at Patheos. Got prayer? You don’t need a…
Read MoreFirst of all, thanks be to God that we have a Faith that is impervious to politics. Second, I’m grateful that I live in the United States of America. We may not feel very united all the time given some of the deep divides we face in our politics, but we are, still, a single…
Read MoreI was baptized a Catholic as an infant. That means no matter what my nationality or residence or circumstance, I’m already considered a citizen of heaven. That being said, my heavenly home may still be a ways off yet. So, for now, I’m also a Catholic who happens to have had the good fortune to be…
Read MoreLately, as I’ve come through the past few years producing Among Women, and the last few months preparing the manuscript for Blessed, Beautiful, and Bodacious, I’ve done a lot of thinking, writing, and speaking, about women and their inherent dignity, gifts, and mission… call it a job hazard. The flip side is that while I’ve thought…
Read MoreHow do you say “happy birthday” to a saint? How do you thank them for their years of guidance and love and intercession? How do you show your gratitude for their inspiration, and all the sacrifices that they made in their lives unto God and other people — known only to God Himself — but…
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Here it’s coffee and conversation, and where the faith-sharing is often a friendly mix of catechesis and cannoli. It’s a place where we can catch up…
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