When All That Is Left In Our Hearts Is Brokenness

“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted.”   We so often go to God when we need a change. We want something in ourselves, someone...

Praise God Even In Our Calamities

“O LORD, my God, in you I take refuge.” The Psalmist echoes the cry of those who are pressed down, beaten by the world...

What Depending On God Really Means

While we are at work, God is the one who acts. He continues to keep the world, and life as we know it, in...
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We Started Out Dwelling In Darkness, But….

Damon Owens is the Executive Director of the Theology of the Body Institute which offers a head and heart immersion in Pope St. John...

When we are disgusted, weary, and frustrated

As we strive to continue on our Lenten journey in our practices of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, we view the weariness of the Israelites—and...

The Psychological Chains of Sin

Jesus answered them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin. A slave does not remain in...

In What Ways Does God Speak To Us?

In today's readings, God speaks to His people and shows them the promises of His covenants. Before Christ, God spoke plainly to His people,...

“I’m not God – but I am something similar.”

Roberto Durán, one of the greatest boxers in history, was no theologian. But everytime I think of these words of his, I'm reminded of...

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,...

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion

On Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion, we are confronted with the poignant contrast between Luke’s account of the triumphant entry of Jesus into...