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October 2024

October 21, 2024
Imagine you were sitting at a coffee shop and Jesus sat down in front of...
October 16, 2024
Galileo's fascination with the stars prompted his interest in mathematics and Scripture. Beyond the science...
October 14, 2024
What does it mean for us to be a disciple? Hopefully, we all want to...
October 07, 2024
The Gospel story of the rich young man is the story of someone who wanted...
October 02, 2024
The people Jesus was addressing in the Gospel had a fixed mindset regarding marriage and...

September 2024

September 23, 2024
Do you believe that God wants you to be happy? Do you believe that the...
September 19, 2024
What place does ambition have in the life of a Christian? In Shakespeare's play Hamlet,...
September 18, 2024
I have met many young people who want to grow deeper in their prayer life...
September 09, 2024
 Today’s Gospel shows the disciples speaking with Jesus, getting to the heart of the question...
September 04, 2024
One of the great challenges when we begin to read the Bible is discovering what...
September 02, 2024
God opens our ears before he opens our mouths. The order of these actions is...

August 2024

August 28, 2024
Today’s liturgy invites us to purify our hearts and make sure that they are centered...
August 23, 2024
Today’s first reading is about the Chosen People going home to the Promised Land and...
August 16, 2024
Forsake foolishness and advance in understanding (cf. Proverbs 9:6). Lawrence of Arabia is known as...
August 09, 2024
Something that everyone of faith has to deal with is doubt. It is a ubiquitous...
August 03, 2024
Jesus was a master of taking the most mundane human experiences and using them to...

July 2024

July 26, 2024
How do you respond to change? Look at your hands; do you live with your...
July 12, 2024
Evangelization is a hot topic. Should we evangelize? The biggest argument in favor is that...
July 04, 2024
Faith is a completely different way to live our life and to perceive our surroundings....

June 2024

June 28, 2024
Suffering and peace go together, though not always right away. I remember when I was...
June 20, 2024
We can all feel like the disciples in the boat who cross the sea with...
June 19, 2024
Game 5 of the NBA Finals 2024 seemed more like a coronation ceremony for the...
June 13, 2024
Jesus wants us to understand the Kingdom of God. He knows that it is hard...
June 10, 2024
Mortal sin is deadly sin. When we look at what sin is, we recognize that...
June 07, 2024
Division is rampant in our world. When I read today’s Gospel, I feel that it...
June 03, 2024
There is a certain amount of “sunk cost” in any relationship that has turned sour....

May 2024

May 29, 2024
My dad was a fastpitch softball pitcher and growing up, I spent many weekends accompanying...
May 27, 2024
Concern about artificial intelligence and its potential ramifications for society shape much of the current...
May 22, 2024
Where do you look for a theologian to write about prayer? Pope John Paul II...
May 20, 2024
Secularism has made great inroads in American society, to the point that when a Catholic...
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