The Not So Verdant Days
With Lent and Easter still showing in our rearview mirrors, Ordinary Time has arrived. But the time is not ordinary either by definition or in fact…
Author: Aleron
The Unsettling Love of God
Jesus loves me, this I know. What’s disturbing is that He wants me to love folks like me…
The Nine Missing Lepers
Ten suffering lepers
Left and got healed
One came back to Jesus
and kneeled…
Well Shut My Mouth, Gabe!
Between Mother’s Day and the Memorial of Our Lady of Fatima, let’s look to the example of Mother Mary, who knew how to deal with close encounters of the spiritual kind…
Responding to the Third Invitation
Maybe we aren’t the first folks God calls on, but shouldn’t we act like we are?
Man of Action, Servant of God
St. Joseph may your image of quiet servanthood make me better able to appreciate the gifts sprinkled throughout this wonderous world. Through your prayers and intercession help me to keep my mouth shut, and my eyes and ears and mind and heart open to what God is doing for me every day.
St. Joseph, foster father of our divine Lord Jesus, husband of our dear Blessed Mother Mary, and head of the Holy Family, please pray for me!