7 WAYS TO LEAD LIKE JOSEPH
As a kid I remember staying up late on Friday nights, saying a rosary together with my whole family. Like many other Filipino families,...
This Holy Week, Death Is On Everyone’s Mind
In every town Jesus travels through he encounters sinners and the sick. Bethany is no exception. Simon the Leper lives in Bethany. Mary the...
Will You Get Back Up When You Fall?
Today's Gospel ends like this:
Peter: I will lay down my life for you
Jesus: Will you? Like seriously?
Peter:
Jesus: You will deny me three times...
A Mercy-Filled Lent
“Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.” Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the time for reflection, repentance and penance leading up...
What Christ Asks Of Us
“I look at Jesus on the cross and I just tell Him, ‘I don’t want that.’” This is what I told a priest not...
What to do when we don’t know how to pray
It’s almost ironic that Jesus would begin his teaching on prayer in today’s Gospel by instructing us to not “babble like the pagans,” and...
Burning Lamps in a Darkened World
What a profound thought, that each of us is to be like St. John the Baptist and imitate him as prophetic lights in a...
The Way of Christ
The repeated mockery Jesus endures particularly stands out to me in these Palm Sunday readings. We hear some form of the word “mock” throughout....
This is the nation that does not listen to the Lord
My name is Sr. Colleen. I'm a Salesian, which means my life is for Christ and for the young. The smartest, bravest thing I...
The spiritual brick and mortar to a thriving parish
What kind of parish are you seeking? Many times people shop for parishes the way they would shop for a new car or a...
