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‘They will look on Me, the One that they have pierced…and grieve bitterly. On that day a fountain will open to cleanse them from sin and...

‘In the Church, Jesus entrusts Himself to those who betray Him over and over.’ Pope Emeritus Benedict As we proceed with Jesus to...

‘Justice without mercy is cruelty.’ Thomas Aquinas When St. John (JN 8:1-12) describes the Pharisees hauling the adulterous woman before...

God gave everything for us at Calvary. He poured out His life, which is the best definition of love I know. We have all (I hope) known...

The other night I beheld a demonic power in a dream; the blob-like entity had little form and was obscured by darkness. It made a variety...

Lent begins with hope. We start with Jesus, hope’s foundation. We can bear the mark, a little cross on the forehead, because He has gone...

‘…Christ loved the Church and gave Himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, in...

‘She who has been forgiven of much will love much’ (LK 7:47). Turning from our unchaste ways becomes beautiful when we turn toward Jesus....

A tough woman careful to avoid the gaze of others hears a man asking for her help. She turns toward Him. Jesus needs water, yes, but more...

“Jesus said to His disciples, ‘I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer…I will not eat it again until it...

‘Do not be overcome by evil but overcome evil with good.’ (Rom. 12:21) All sins are not created equal. Overeaters wear their vice in...

‘Can you make the guests of the Bridegroom fast while He is with them? But the time will come when the Bridegroom will be taken from...

‘It is not the nature of things we use, but our reason for using them, that makes what we do either praiseworthy or blamable.’ St....

‘Unless the seed dies, it remains alone.’ (JN 12: 24) My son Sam’s death took time. His surrender to Jesus was syncopated at best: the...

‘For everyone looks out for his own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.’ (Phil. 2:21) The focal point of our faith and of most...

‘Sloth is a kind of oppressive sorrow that so depresses a man that he wants to do nothing.’ Aquinas Not long ago I faced a series of...

‘Be angry; don’t sin.’ (Eph. 4:26) Anger cuts both ways. It can incite one to drive idols from the Father’s house; it can drive others to...