PRE-PRAYERING | Advent is happening all around us whether it is happening inside or not. There is no need for anxiety though, because God's Grace is the basic inside story every moment. There is a sense of joyfulness in ...

Advent Hints|It is helpful to our spiritual life to spend more than a glancing moment in our reading of Christmas Cards we are receiving, with their notes of good wishes both printed and handwritten. It is good for our ...

The President of our country visited our city last week and for most citizens it was a joyous event. For some the joy was that he finally came to our state and for others their joy was that he was here only for a few hours. ...

The ending of today' gospel has always given me pause:  "Much will be required of the person entrusted with much…"   For many of us in America, there is no denying that we have been given "much".    What are we called to ...

With all the waiting we do, one would think we would be good at it, that is, that we would more frequently bring a serene spirit, a peaceful heart and a quiet mind to the task of waiting. We have so much experience with ...

In today’s gospel. The Pharisees question Jesus about the topics of marriage, and specifically divorce. This can be a very controversial topic today. I’d like to share some thoughts that have come to mind as I reflected ...

|"Christ has no body on earth now but yours, no hands but yours, no feet but yours; yours are the eyes through which Christ looks with compassion on the world; yours are the feet with which Christ walks to do good; yours ...

I thank God for my parents who are now retired and live in Bangalore, India. They enjoy the simple pleasures of life — coffee, friends, walks, nature, and their prayer life. Little grandchildren, who have to try out grandpa's ...

As I'm sitting here writing this, my youngest daughter is in surgery to get her screws and plate removed from a broken ankle that occurred a year and a half ago. It's a very simple procedure, as surgeries go.|Yet I worry.|What ...

The scriptures today are interesting and challenging. They seem to be about women. In Matthew, Christ proclaims the mystery where a man leaves home and is joined to his wife, and the "two shall become one flesh.". This ...