Relieve isolation and suffering. One of the most incredible acts of mercy I’ve ever seen happened during an intense YES Trip experience on Skid Row in Los Angeles. We were at a mission offering clothes and a woman approached us. She looked weak and had likely been wearing the clothes on her back for days. …
For this month ahead, as we continue to journey through Great Lent, I will be sharing some thoughts on the works of faith. A life of faith looks like something. It is practiced. It is lived. It is not one aspect of our lives, but the driving force behind every breath we take. It is …
Oh Lord, I know not what I should ask of You. You and You alone know my needs. You love me more than I am able to love You. Oh Father, grant to me, Your servant, all for which I cannot ask. I dare not ask for a cross, nor for consolation. I dare only …
I arise today through a mighty strength, The invocation of the Trinity, Through belief in the Threeness, Through confession of the Oneness of the Creator of creation. … I arise today Through God’s strength to lead me, God’s might to uphold me, God’s wisdom to guide me, God’s eye to look before me, God’s ear …
Leave me alone with God As much as may be. As the tide draws the waters Close in upon the shore, Make me an island, set apart. Alone with you, Oh God, Holy to You. Then, with the turning of the tide, Prepare me to carry your presence To the busy world beyond. The world …
I stand at attention as best as I can during the Divine Liturgy, and I repeat: Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy… But despite my best efforts, my brain wanders away. I’m so familiar and comfortable with these words that they stop resonating in my heart. A psychological phenomenon called semantic satiation …
So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 1 Cor 13:13 Picture yourself in a car going to the grocery store. You pull into the parking lot. It’s raining. You’re done with a long day at work and you just want to pick up some groceries, go …
…but the greatest of these is love. What does love mean to you? Do you call to mind a scene from Braveheart? Do you think of your best friend or of your family? Do you think of Christ’s death on the cross? Love is all of these things and more, but one thing it is …
Are you waiting for COVID to be over? Me too! In fact, I suspect you may be waiting for several other things too. Perhaps you are waiting to hear back from colleges or grad schools to know what the next chapter of your life will look like. Perhaps you have been waiting a long time …
“Now these three abide: faith…” Faith, hope and promise. These three are considerably connected, as each one implies waiting for something unseen. Faith and hope also call to mind the famous verse about “faith, hope, and love.” This month on the blog, we will be diving into situations that call us to wait for a …
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