This Sunday we celebrate Divine Mercy – God’s supernatural gift of mercy to each of us. A somewhat legalistic definition of mercy correlates it to justice.  Whereas justice is to receive what we are owed by someone, mercy is to give someone what they don’t, technically, deserve.  That is what Christ did on the cross Read More >

[Answering Atheism Tuesday] Along with the Sacraments, time in mental prayer is a guaranteed encounter with Christ – that’s what we were reminded of yesterday – each session of Christian meditation has the promise to be a mini-Easter.  And that is why the enemy will do anything to keep us from that receiving that gift. Read More >

[Monday Motivation] “The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!”  (Luke 24:34) Happy Easter! We hope you had a blessed Easter day. And now we embark on Easter Season – 50 days of celebrating Christ’s resurrection. In a certain sense, Easter spans 365 days – the profound implications of Christ’s resurrection are Read More >

We have been looking at the joy of Holy Thursday and Good Friday. Back at Christmas we reminded ourselves that joy isn’t an emotion so much as a disposition of heart.  Joy is what comes from doing the Father’s will. Steve had a conversation with a friend that included this rhetorical statement – “We’re talking Read More >

Back at Christmas we reflected on joy.  Appropriately so. We return now to that topic because the Christmas promise of “Joy to the World” finds its fulfillment on the cross. Yes, that joy carries into the resurrection as well – but it is uniquely tied to the cross. The resurrection was, to speak loosely, assured.  Read More >

[Answering Atheism Tuesday] One of the (many) fatal errors of our modern marxist/atheistic/humanist/materialist/etc world is the neatly packaged lie that man (and by extension, society) is innately good.  Or at a minimum – we are morally neutral – but the natural evolutionary pressure to advance our species makes us disposed to build community in a Read More >

[Monday Motivation] We’ve been considering what seems to be reversals of fortune on display in Christ’s entry into Jerusalem and then His passion. To be sure, as Christ entered Jerusalem He knew what was soon to unfold, but that doesn’t diminish the gravity of the events themselves. To one extent or another, we all go Read More >

[Friday Follow-up] You may very well know this joke, and oldie but still a goodie – A guy is in dire need of some last-minute Christmas shopping. He gets to the mall and there’s not a parking spot in sight.  After a few passes he is desperate and prays, “Lord, open up a spot for Read More >

This weekend brings us to Palm Sunday – the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. Much can be said about this – not the least of which is that it is yet another example of God’s ironic sense of humor – Christ, King of the Universe, entering His royal city on a mule – a Read More >

[Answering Atheism Tuesday] As we finish our meditation on the woman caught in adultery, we’re looking at the how Christ exemplifies the powerful combination of humility, justice and mercy. Today we look at justice and mercy. Needless to say, our modern world is muy muy confused when it comes to justice and mercy.  Much of Read More >