About a week ago, two Italian missionary nuns, members of the Xaverian Missionaries in Burundi, were brutally raped and murdered. Their bodies were discovered by a fellow sister who a day later was also murdered. Sisters Olga Pulici, Lucia Raschietti …
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Disclaimer: These are obviously deep waters to dive into with one blog post. I do not pretend to present an exhaustive display on the subject or the wisdom spoken about it for thousands of years. There are fundamental questions that …
Continue readingHere are a couple quotes to remind us why we exist and what the purpose of our lives are – especially in the middle of summer’s melancholy. Mother Teresa in her “Varanasi Letter”: My Dearest Children – Jesus wants me …
Continue readingWhat is the mark of a saint? What is the mark of someone totally possessed by the Holy Spirit? Movement. St. John Paul II said that, in the Bible, the fundamental characteristic of the Spirit is creating movement. The saints …
Continue readingWhen it comes to God’s children, the apples don’t fall too far from the tree: I desire to be like You Like any son or daughter I want to be like my Father (Jason Upton, Just Like You) Like little …
Continue readingHere is a desire no one ever (healthily) professed: “I want my life to not matter. I want my life to be insignificant and of no consequence whatsoever. I want to be a ‘nobody.’” It’s okay to admit it – …
Continue readingSo far, what has the New Evangelization (and all its attendant buzz) really looked like? How has it been rolled out in the broad discussion it has received? Typically, it sounds like this: “We gotta do more stuff!” And that …
Continue reading(Image Credit: LOST, ABC) (Note: This is a loose continuation of themes first discussed in this post about some Facebook foolishness.) Amidst the weeds of a New York Times op-ed by transgender college professor, Jennifer Finney Boylan, slither a few …
Continue readingEveryone we know walks around unsatisfied. There is much in life to enjoy, celebrate, praise and wrap our arms around as good. But, it isn’t enough for us. In fact, precisely in those moments of our lives when we are …
Continue readingWhat does it mean to be a Christian? It has to be more than just living a good life. Blessed Mother Teresa, Sts. John Paul II, Catherine of Siena, Paul, Francis, Augustine – these people are not our heroes because …
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