Find what you’re looking for
Part of our Christian spirituality is getting to see and to know Jesus–to assimilate him into our lives. As we grow and develop spiritually we learn ever more about Jesus.
There can be no doubt that Padre Pio dedicated his life to prayer and suffering.
In reviewing my life, I saw that God was with me every step.
Knowing the right thing to do isn’t necessarily easy. Yet when we find there are many good options or only bad ones, we can always turn to the Holy Spirit for guidance.
SHORTLY AFTER MOST PARENTS breathed a collective sigh of relief due to the waning concerns of COVID-19 and the numerous challenges it caused with schooling for nearly two years, they were faced with another frightening situation. Every parent’s worst nightmare played out in the horrific massacre of the children and teachers in the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, this past June.
Saint Matthew was a Jew who worked for the Romans as a tax collector. His fellow Jews considered him a traitor and resented him. The Pharisees viewed him, and all tax collectors, as sinners. So it was a real shock to hear that Jesus called such a man to be one of his followers. But that’s the kind of thing that Jesus did.
Like Matthew we have become followers of Jesus. And our call to follow Jesus is not due to our own special worth or virtue, but simply to the generous will of the Lord.
At times, prayer can feel like playing hide-and-seek. So how do we find God?
Some don’t want to hear that the material world is sacred, because they’d rather exploit it. Lord, give each of us the courage to do whatever we can to protect our earth–the only home we have.
The Korean martyrs, including Saints Andrew Kim Taegon and Paul Chong Hasang, spread the gospel in their native land under extremely difficult circumstances. The holy companion martyrs include bishops, priests, and laity, some of whom where French missionaries.
