I like places with long, deep Christian histories Where the faithful dead Guard and guide pilgrims of every generation. I like places...

Wounded love is desperate for a path. A barren one beset with noise and fear or A fertile one overflowing with lucidity and quietude One...

Damaged Dismissed Abused and Alone Love was the last to arrive and the First to go Beaten Broken Crushed and Chaotic Life as lying Deceit...

My Dearest Paul, I have loved, respected, and admired you for many years. But ever since I visited your desert home, I have felt such a...

Mountains call me Deserts too And don't forget about the oceans It's their clarity, I suppose Rock Sand Water Reaching upward and outward...

My Dear St. Thomais of Lesvos, you were pressured by your parents to marry and brutalized by your husband every day for 13 years (she...

Life is hard But God is good And you are strong. Pray. Confess. Get anointed. And receive the Eucharist. Live faith Have hope, and Share...

Mary said "yes" with her entire being: Mind, body, soul, and spirit. Joseph gave it his all: Husband, dad, protector, teacher. Christ the Savior was born in a manger: Not as a powerful, political figure. That is when the earthly hunt began: A race to erase divinity. Herod's fear was Satan's plan: The kind of money, power, and sex that destroys and distracts. Lifestyle as an aphrodisiac Not as a path to salvation. The shepherds knew differently They saw the heavenly hosts and

God loves. And creates us. Christ came in the flesh. And Transfigured before our eyes. He trampled down death. And ascended too. Hence came the Spirit. Moses said yes. Elijah too. So did Joachim and Anna. And don't forget about Elizabeth and Zacharias. Then there was Mary. Her yes was one for the ages. Joseph agreed. And the shepherds were in awe. The Magi went on a journey and discovered the Savior. What about you and me? We have to choose too. Is it a, yes? A, no? Or a "Som

It's easy to think that everyone around us has it better. Very often, though, other people suffer in the same ways, and in similar...