I’ve been thinking about the ways God works in my life and throughout the world. In this, I see three distinct types of miracles. I think we dismiss the existence of miracles and see most if not everything as natural. I know people who believe in God but do not believe in miracles. For some [...]
Compassion is a virtue that is a foundation for many other virtues. How do we develop compassion? A simple way to look at compassion is that it is the ability to empathize with and care for those who are suffering. Do this mean that we need to experience similar suffering to develop compassion? There are [...]
As we commemorate the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, let’s look at the virtue that is exemplified in these two pillars of the Church. The Church honors the two together because of how they together built the Church that has been passed down for 2,000 years. Peter is the rock, providing the foundation and [...]
I've added two new articles to the site. The Chaplet of Spiritual Communion is a means for meditating on the Blessed Sacrament directed at making a Spiritual Communion. It follows the form of the rosary, but with mysteries focused on the Eucharist and prayers directed toward making a Spiritual Communion and preparing for your next [...]
A couple of years ago, I was helping to lead a teen retreat. I gave a talk that included some of my background with anxiety and depression. Two things happened after that. First, the teens on the retreat said that the talk made a significant impact on them. Second, I had a strong inclination toward [...]
"My Jesus, I believe that Thou art truly present in the Most Blessed Sacrament. I love Thee above all things, and I desire to possess Thee within my soul. Since I am unable now to receive Thee sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace Thee as being already there, and unite myself [...]
"Arm yourself like a man against the devil’s assaults. Curb your appetite and you will more easily curb every inclination of the flesh. Never be completely unoccupied, but read or write or pray or mediate or so something for the common good." -Thomas a' Kempis
"By his command to 'do this in remembrance of me' (Lk 22:19; 1 Cor11:25), he asks us to respond to his gift and to make it sacramentally present." -Pope Benedict XVI
"Third, true devotion to our Lady is holy, that is, it leads us to avoid sin and to imitate the virtues of Mary. Her ten principal virtues are: deep humility, lively faith, blind obedience, unceasing prayer, constant self-denial, surpassing purity, ardent love, heroic patience, angelic kindness, and heavenly wisdom." -St Louis de Montfort
"It is without doubt very humiliating for the good God to come into our hearts, but it is to find there a soul that He loves, that He has bought at the cost of His Blood." -St. John Vianney