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by bcadmin | Sep 23, 2022 | anxiety, Between the Sundays, Ecclesiastes, Featured, God's Will, Hope, humilty, Living the Faith, News, obedience, Padre Pio, suffering, surrender, trust, worry | 0 |
Today we celebrate the feast of Padre Pio, a saint whose story is too big for a single post. The humble friar would probably dislike that today he is mostly known for the sensational aspects of his story. We should not allow the sensational to distract…
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Am 8:4-7; 1Tim 2:1-8; Lk 16:1-13 “If it is possible, I would give anything to have him back.” This is not a line from a sad love song, at least not one that I know. It is actually a heartfelt prayer that I said to God a few months ago when my father suddenly passed […]
by bcadmin | Aug 5, 2022 | A Lamp Unto My Feet, anxiety, Between the Sundays, fear, Featured, Good Shepherd, kingdom, memento mori, News, surrender, the surrender novena, trust | 0 |
“Do not be afraid any longer, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom” (Luke 12:32). My favorite Scripture verse opens this Sunday’s Gospel. It is both comforting and challenging at the same time. I can see the warmth in Jesus’…
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Gen 18:1-10; Col 1:24-28; Lk 10:38-42 Why did Jesus say that Mary had chosen the better part? Is it because she “sat beside the Lord at His feet listening to Him speak?” How is her disposition better than that of her sister Martha who was serving Him until she became “burdened by much serving?” (See […]
by bcadmin | Jun 11, 2022 | Daily Verse, News, trust | 0 |
ENCOUNTERING THE WORD — YOUR DAILY BIBLE VERSES “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” (Proverbs 3:5-6) Print this entry
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by bcadmin | May 13, 2022 | A Lamp Unto My Feet, anxiety, be not afraid, Between the Sundays, Faith, fear, Featured, hearts, News, Prayer, trust | 0 |
“Do not let your hearts be troubled.” How many different ways does Jesus have to tell us to trust him? How often does he have to tell us not to fear? Yet the anxieties and concerns creep in. The world’s voices whisper louder. Take matters into your own…
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When I was a teenager I was blessed to belong to a youth group called Our Lady of Guadalupe Teens for Life. We met weekly, often participated in Eucharistic Adoration, prayed the Rosary, watched Catholic films, enjoyed games and fellowship. A video we watched that still stands out in my memory was one about St. […]
by bcadmin | Apr 8, 2022 | Between the Sundays, Compline, Cross, Featured, Lent, News, Night Prayer, passion, Prayer, Prayer Life & Liturgy, Psalms, surrender, trust | 0 |
Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit… Every night at Compline, the last of the “hours” of the Divine Office of the Church, we repeat these words of Jesus on the cross. His seventh and final “word” is actually Jesus quoting Psalm 31, a psalm that …
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Lorenzo Scupoli said that in the spiritual life we must have distrust in self and complete trust in God. He describes this distrust in self in this way: “Although in our selves we are nothing, we are too apt to overestimate our own ability and to conclude falsely that we are of some importance.” We […]
Jesus wants people to invite him into their lives, no matter how poor, inadequate or shameful their lives are, Pope Francis said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 28, 2022 | atheism, Between the Sundays, Faith, fog, Living the Faith, News, suffering, trust, walk by faith | 0 |
One thing I love about my current work is traveling to new places. I went to the Pacific Northwest for the first time this weekend to give a couple of talks at a beautiful parish west of Seattle. I was anxious to see a place I had heard so much about t…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 28, 2021 | Abortion, Angels, Blessed Virgin Mary, Christmas, Feast of the Holy Innocents, Featured, Herod, Holy Family, innocent human life, Into the Deep, Jesus Christ, joy, Magi, martyrdom, Martyrs, News, Prayer Life & Liturgy, preparation, pro-life, prolife, Satan, St. Joseph, surrender, trust | 0 |
Image: “The Flight Into Egypt” (detail) by Carl Spitzweg | Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons On the fourth day of our Christmas celebration, the Church reminds us that not everyone is joyful; that there exist those who are not of goo…
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