While every serious believer is open to God’s love, power and grace, some seem to experience nonstop miracles in their lives while others never see nor experience them. I think we all want this deeper connection with God, so let me offer you five...
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A Catholic Who Tries
I am that person. That person who says a serious thing in response to a Facebook post that is clearly intended to be humorous. I do not aspire to be this person, but here I am again. I love training for triathlon...
Miracles Show Us God’s Love
When I engage in prayer and meditation, the Lord has come to me many times to say “Tell my people how much I love them. Tell my people that they are not alone and that I am with them. Tell my people that my Holy Spirit...
Five Keys to Miracles
Who does not want miracles in their lives? Who does not want to know God’s love, power, and grace? Why do some people seem to experience nonstop miracles in their lives and many others never see or experience miraculous...
The Purpose of Miracles
Why does God allow impactful and miraculous things to happen? So that, by faith, we know God is true and real; that we know God’s compassionate, healing love. That we know God remains with us always and forever. This...
Rainbows and Dolphins: Experiencing Miracles in Our Lives
I believe the Lord regularly tells me, “Share with my people how much I love them. Let them know that they are not alone and that I am with them. Tell my people that my Holy Spirit provides power, grace and love each...
Thomas AddisThe Miracle on the Vistula- Rediscovered
The Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of the Assumption on August 15 and the dual symbolism of that date has rendered a particular framing of memory of the 1920 victory. In the commemorative narrative fostered by...
Paul Suski
Deacon Kurt GodfrydFasting, Forgiveness, and Miracles
If you are looking to be more successful in your prayer life, two practices I strongly recommend are to pray with others, and to combine your prayers with some form of penance such as fasting. Fasting may be an alien...
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5 Keys to Experience Miracles
While every serious believer is open to God’s love, power and grace, some seem to experience nonstop miracles in their lives while others never see nor experience them. I think we all want this deeper connection with...
Preparing for Future Storms and Menacing Waves
We have an existential problem. Sunday after Sunday, we risk failing to capitalize on what God’s words are meant to elicit in our minds and hearts. Too often, we forget that the Lord is present in our midst with all his...
Brotherly Love in the Time of Social Media
I sometimes wonder what my paternal grandmother would have thought about social media. She was a highly sociable woman with many friends. She and my grandfather were “joiners”. They liked being an active part of their...
Reform and Renewal in the Church—And in You
During my first month in Seminary, all students were required to attend a concert by a well-known Flamenco guitarist. Flamenco guitar music is a unique art that blends playing the strings while using the guitar’s body...
Br Matthew Marie, OSB
Vincent Ryan Ruggiero
Every Day We Are Given Opportunities to Make a Difference
Temple University in Philadelphia is the third largest university in Pennsylvania; it enjoys a worldwide reputation for research, scholarship, and education, and has international campuses in Tokyo and...
How God Keeps His Promises
“But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear. Amen, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but...
Michael Baglino
Desert Flowers
A desert has an atmosphere of impending death. This can be seen most vividly in the arid terrain below sea level known as Death Valley in California. The valley is located largely in Inyo County. In 1849 thirty pioneers...
Carolyn Humphreys, O.C.D.S.
Reparation for Sins: A Forgotten Practice
June is the month that seems to be quite renowned among those eager to celebrate “Pride“, and on the other hand, it is the special Month of the Sacred Heart for those Catholics who cherish such devotions...
