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As we move together into the Fourth Week of Lent, our Gospel from John tells of how Jesus cures a man of blindness. Blind since birth. And as things were in Jesus’ time righteous people—or those who consider themselves so, believed disabilities—be it blindness, paralysis, deformity or a multitude of any physical inadequacies; we brought … Read more
Dear Friends! Those who know me are aware that I wear many different hats. I’m a Trauma Advocate by day. I am always a professed and vowed monk in the background. I am the Founder and CEO of my nonprofit, Bethlehem House Ministries. I’m an assisting priest at Saint Miriam. And I take on part-time … Read more
When life gets overwhelming, our instinct is often to look down. We look down at our phones, our shoes, the floor—anywhere but up. When we’re hurting, when we’re tired, when life feels too heavy, we often close in on ourselves, but today, on this Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, the Church invites … Read more
“They were startled and terrified,” Luke tells us of the disciples when they saw the Risen Lord. Of course! As Robert Barron says, there were two reasons for this: First, this is a strange and unknown phenomenon. A dead man is now alive again? Who wouldn’t be startled and terrified? Second, the disciples are terrified because … Read more
Imagine this: harmony, health, and wholeness in all aspects of your life. Picture all your relationships flourishing: your relationships with God, with everyone in your life, with creation and even with yourself. Think of our entire world being in a state where everything is as it ought to be, as God intends for it to be. Sounds nice, doesn’t it? … Read more
Are you obedient? Let’s face it: most of us probably cringe at that word, “obedient.” We might become defensive, asking, “Obedient to whom?” It conjures up images of being submissive, being subject to somebody—and that is not at all popular in our autonomous society. No, obedience certainly isn’t in vogue. But what if the question were … Read more
. Imagine. Did you every try to imagine a scene in your mind: maybe you stir up a view of your “happy place” when you can’t be there, trying to conjure up for yourself the peace and joy that place brings you? Or maybe you bring to mind a particularly special time from the past … Read more
Such were little Billy Murphy’s thoughts every year, as he walked home from grade school, forehead freshly ashed up by Father Griffin (small dot cross), or by Monsignor Corrigan (big thick cross going all the way down to the bridge of the nose!). Lent in the Murphy household meant Rice Bowl Wednesdays with grilled cheese … Read more