[Pearls Ep 154:  Preparing for Sunday.] As we prepare for Sunday, in yesterday’s message we noted the Gospel reading is an encapsulation of Jesus’ entire mission of salvation – the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. This becomes even clearer in light of Sunday’s first reading, “Now the LORD has Read More >

[Pearls Ep 154:  Preparing for Sunday.] This Sunday’s Gospel reading brings us John the Baptist seeing Jesus come toward him and declaring, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.” We are also now back into “Ordinary Time.” In this week’s Pearls of the Interior Life, we set our sights Read More >

[Pearls Ep 153:  Answering atheism Tuesday.] “They departed by another way.” That’s how Sunday’s scripture passage closes – with the Wise Men headed along a different path. That’s how it is with epiphanies. Yes, the Wise Men when another way in a literal sense to avoid Herod, that snake in the grass.  But there was Read More >

[Pearls Ep 153:  Bringing Sunday into the Week.] We’re continuing our reflection of the Epiphany and epiphanies in our own life. Epiphany is the conjunction of epi and phany.  Epi means something like on, above, at the surface.  Phany is manifestation or appearance.  Putting these together means the appearance of something that is already right Read More >

[Pearls Ep 153:  Preparing for Sunday.] With this Sunday being the Feast of the Epiphany, we’re looking at what epiphanies mean to our interior life.  Yesterday we looked at three interrelated aspects of epiphanies.  They are: the revelation of something right before us, an encounter with Christ, something that illuminates our life. Let’s start with Read More >

[Pearls Ep 153:  Preparing for Sunday.] I (Steve…) have been known to be the master of the obvious – searching for the car keys that were in my pocket or concocting a complicated solution to something only to realize a simpler answer was right under my nose, in the forehead-smacking moment of epiphany. This Sunday Read More >

[Pearls Ep 152:  Answering Atheism Tuesday.] As we finish our reflection on Mary, we again return to her perfect timing.  The secular world, of course, scoffs at the allegations of her appearances, but her track record is undeniable. In the case of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mary arrived when human sacrifice was at its apex.  Read More >

[Pearls Ep 152:  Bringing Sunday into the week.] We’re looking at New Year’s resolutions and our Blessed Mother – that the New Year is an ideal time to consider deepening our devotion to Mary, and thus our relationship with her Son. Along those lines, I recall moving to a new state, to start up a Read More >

[Pearls Ep 152:  Preparing for Sunday.] We’re looking at Marian apparitions, how Mary’s timing is always perfect, and the merits of a New Year’s resolution to deepen our devotion to Mary. Today is the Feast of the Holy Family, and Sunday’s scripture focusses on the Holy Family as well. Our Lady of Guadalupe is a Read More >

[Pearls Ep 152:  Preparing for Sunday.] As we come to New Years, and our final Pearls of the Interior Life for 2022 (no video this week, emails/posts only) – we turn our gaze to Mary – just as many of the Gospel readings focus on her at Christmas time. It is often repeated that the Read More >