Find the original post at Sarah Prosser’s blog. A little over a week ago, I surveyed my apartment, taking one last visual inventory of almost every worldly possession I own. As I walked down the stairs of my apartment building, …
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A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of traveling to Orlando, Florida for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Convocation of Catholic Leaders. Bishop Boyea from the Diocese of Lansing invited me to join his delegation so …
Continue readingI’m pretty certain that in my very tiny corner of the world, everyone knows that I love St. Mother Teresa and aspire to be her one day. I talk about her, read her books, and quote her often; I’ve hung …
Continue readingOne of the things that has always struck me about Christianity is that there are very simple, yet powerful realities we can often easily overlook. You know what I’m talking about right? There are those ideas we conceptualize and get …
Continue readingPresident Emeritus of the Franciscan University of Steubenville Father Michael Scanlan, TOR, passed away on Jan. 7, 2017. According to the university, “His leadership as president transformed Franciscan University from a struggling regional college into a world-renowned leader in Catholic higher education and helped …
Continue readingThere can be a temptation that hangs out in the shadows of well-intentioned efforts to proclaim the Gospel and witness to Jesus – manipulation. It usually isn’t outright and obvious, but, slowly and surely, a push-and-pull, objectifying mindset can creep …
Continue readingPart II of this post Perhaps the hardest part of proclaiming the Gospel is that, often, it doesn’t seem like this proclamation does anything at all. By many accounts, it seems like God’s masterplan doesn’t work! We are treading into …
Continue readingChristianity has a weird way of accomplishing its mission. It is pretty baffling and, indeed, “foolishness” (1 Cor. 1:21). He who breathes everything into existence has this great masterplan to save His creation by… the Kerygma? Faith comes through hearing. …
Continue reading‘Tis the season to nurture a joyful spirit. Here are some neat quotes and stories about persevering in joy throughout our journey with the Lord. (Every subsequent word is copied down from the book, Saintly Solutions by Fr. Joseph Esper) …
Continue readingHow do we keep our faith from becoming just an ideology? To believe in something with all one’s heart to the extent that one would die for it and to passionately give oneself for a cause – these are things …
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