One Saturday evening in California many years ago, much of the small community of Grass Valley lost power due to a fierce storm marked by heavy rains and strong winds. The pastor of the Catholic parish, Fr. O’Malley, was working on his Sunday homily...
We’re now several weeks into the pro football season, and fans of the 32 NFL franchises are all hoping their team makes it to the Super Bowl next February. In the 57 years the Super Bowl has been played, some teams have been much more successful...
There are many examples of saints we honor today who in their youth lived worldly, unedifying lives. While heading in one direction, something in their lives led to their conversion, so that they turned things around and began living for God. We...
“Mankind will not have peace until it turns with trust to My mercy” (Diary, 300) When we think about the Divine Mercy image or chaplet it is difficult to overlook the powerful influence of the remarkable individuals of faith Saint Maria Faustina...
Everything to do with sacraments has mercy at the core of it. Let’s take a look at the Catholic definition: “Sacraments are efficacious signs of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the church, through which divine life is given.” They are...
Many of the saints we celebrate and honor today began their lives as very secular people. They were headed in one direction in life when something happened that led to metanoia or change of heart, repentance of their sins and an experience of God’s...
St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) was a monk and a doctor of the Church. As much as he liked the quiet of his life in the monastery, he was frequently called upon to settle disputes in the Church, such as one time when two men claimed to be...
So many of us are paralyzed by memories in our past. Many times it is in our childhood or perhaps hurt from the loss of a relationship or death of someone we love. How do we respond to hurt in our past? If you are similar to me, you might just...
