Tag: Grace

Will the Hierarchy Embrace This Wise Counsel?

The four-year Synod of the Catholic Church is nearing completion. It has been described as a “Journey” that is “both a gift and a task” by which the hierarchy, the clergy, and the laity can join together, learn through their experiences, and improve...

The Grace of the Present Moment

These days I receive a daily message on my phone telling me: Every day that is born belongs to God and his plans are far greater than any we made before we went to sleep.  This powerful message has encouraged me greatly because it has brought into...

The Boy in a Uniform

My new parish in Georgia advertised a Life Chain event for the first Sunday in October. Their assembly corner was just 200 yards from my home. I interpreted this proximity as God’s Divine Providence knocking on my door. This was my first active...

Opening Ourselves to God’s Grace

If you’ve been watching TV, reading the newspaper, or otherwise staying informed, you know that we’re in a fiercely-contested election year, and already a tidal wave of political criticisms, character assassinations, and fake news is swamping our...

Which Direction Do We Follow?

The nation of Lebanon had long been considered an oasis of beauty and peace in the war-torn Middle East, but that began changing when a civil war pitting Christians against Muslims broke out in 1975. One Christian family, consisting of the parents...

Renewing our Commitment to Christ

Once there was a man who considered himself a bitter enemy of religion.  He had been raised as a Christian, and was well-versed in the Bible; however, in his college years he decided that religion was for hypocrites and weaklings. He...

The Grace of Advent

If, biblically speaking, grace is a gift from our Heavenly Father that is gratuitously offered to us through His Son and Our Brother, Jesus Christ, in love and fellowship of the Holy Spirit, so as to enable in and through us that healing spiritual...

Nursing the Soul

Some months ago, I had the joy of publishing a new book on pastoral care entitled Nursing the soul. This book has been the fruit of years writing articles for the quarterly magazine Il-Musbieħ, which is published by the Malta Union of Midwives and...