We Are Never Alone
My children want my help sometimes, and other times, not so much. I remember being a teenager and young adult myself. At times, I thought I knew everything. I didn’t…
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Gospel Meditation
That first Pentecost Sunday found the apostles in the upper room gathered in prayer. In many ways, we find ourselves in a similar situation as the apostles did on that…
Fast Before Communion
Question: Why are Catholics required to fast before Communion? Answer: How we prepare for an important event helps us with the intentionality of our actions and raises our awareness. We…
We Are Family
I am looking forward to an empty nest. It isn’t that I do not love my children or that I will not miss them. I am simply looking forward to…
Gospel Meditation
When I was younger, I remember going to a friends’ house to swim in their pool during the summer months. All the parents were on the deck, enjoying the company,…
Signs Before the Gospel
Question: I have been going to Mass for years and have always wondered: why do we make the three signs of the cross before the Gospel? Answer: Certainly, many people…
Calculating Love
Have you ever Googled the word “love”? If you did, you may have come across something called the Love Calculator. It is a website where you can supply two names,…
Gospel Meditation
When I was little, I came home from school one day after a lively lesson on saying yes to God in our lives and declared, “If Jesus were to come…
Saints or Sinners?
Question: Our prayer group has been reading the lives of some saints, and we were struck by how some of them thought they were such sinners. Why would someone so…
Witnesses for Jesus
This journey of faith is not always easy. Sometimes the greatest wounds are those we suffer when family members and friends wander away from God and leave us behind. The…