love

No matter how low your opinion of the Church might be right now, the opinion of Jesus Christ matters most.

Until we get to the bliss of heaven, much of what we experience in the Church may look a lot like the up-and-down, back-and-forth seasons of marriage: “in sickness and in health, for richer and for poorer, in good times and in bad.” – Pat Gohn, All In I get it. In the wake of more…

Read More

Among Women 209: Women Leaving the Abortion Industry, with Abby Johnson

This latest episode of Among Women is poignant and powerful. My guest, Abby Johnson, works in a ministry “And Then There Were None”, dedicated to helping women come out of the abortion industry. Her new book is riveting: The Walls are Talking: Former Abortion Clinic Workers Tell Their Stories. Together we talk about how our committed friendship…

Read More

Among Women Espresso Shot: The Wisdom of St Katharine Drexel

Listen to Episode 7 of Among Women “Espresso Shot”– a short strong coffee break of faith sharing and teaching from Pat Gohn. Today’s topic: The Wisdom of St Katharine Drexel Following up on my recent post, this short podcast dives into some of the writings of St Katharine Drexel. We recently passed her feast day,…

Read More

Among Women 202: Chastity is for Lovers with Arleen Spenceley

In this latest episode of Among Women the subject is the virtue of chastity and my guest, Arleen Spenceley, is a writer for the Tampa Bay Times. A few years back, an essay she wrote on being a chaste single adult garnered much discussion in print and went viral online. All this led to her book release Chastity is…

Read More

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle’s presentation: The Family, A Home for the Wounded Heart

Get inspired: Watch +Cardinal Tagle from the Philippines give this keynote talk from the World Meeting of Families. Thank you Catholic TV for this presentation.

Read More

This makes me think… “I would rather die loving you, than live without you.” – St John Vianney

“Hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” -Romans 5:5 Prayer… draws everything into the love by which we are loved in Christ and which enables us to respond to him by loving as he has loved us. Love…

Read More

This makes me think… about the divine face, the incarnation…

The Divine Image by William Blake (1757-1827) To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love All pray in their distress; And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness.   For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love Is God, our father dear, And Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love Is Man, his child and care.   For Mercy has…

Read More

This makes me think… about “those” people who put up with me…

Lord, this is the other person, with whom I do not see eye to eye. He belongs to you. You have created him; you have allowed him, it not wanted him, to be just as he is. If you can bear with him, my God, then I too will bear with him and put up…

Read More

This makes me think…

The Church’s proclamation on the family finds its foundation in the life and preaching of Jesus, who lived and grew up in the family of Nazareth. He attended the wedding at Cana, which he honoured by performing the first of his “signs” (cf. Jn 2:1-11) and presented himself as the Bridegroom who unites himself to his Bride…

Read More