Find what you’re looking for
After losing his family, St. Alphonsus Rodriguez could have become bitter and angry with God. Instead he became a Jesuit lay brother and served the community as a doorkeeper.
Saint Lorenzo Ruiz, the first canonized Filipino martyr, became a witness to the faith almost by accident. Fleeing a legal charge, he ended up with a group of Dominicans headed for Japan, where they were all arrested, tortured, and finally executed.
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?
