One of the most difficult situations that we can face as people of faith is waiting for God’s response to a prayer request.  At some point in our lives, most of us have become frustrated with God for not answering…

“For our sakes God made him who did not know sin to be sin, so that in him we might become the very holiness of God” (2 Cor 5:21).

Some Christians reading these words over the last few centuries have…

Stories depicting real events in the Gospels have a particular power and appeal. It is a real grace to ponder what Jesus said and did and how others responded, even if the events come to us through the perspective of…

I can remember being a child and dreading Palm Sunday and Good Friday. The story of the Lord’s Passion made me sick, literally. I certainly did not want to exclaim “Crucify Him!” with the crowd. I did not want to…

“The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit” (John 3:8).

“For God…

Andrew Klavan, whose fans include fellow novelist Stephen King, has written another lightning fast thriller — for teens, of all people. Klavan’s style reminds me of the TV series “24,” but his main man is armed with a weapon I’ve…

“Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD?  Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice”  (1 Samuel 15:22).  That’s a truth to keep central as we enter this season…

Some think Lent is a time for fasting.  I see it as a time of feasting.

I come to this conclusion based on the story of the fig tree in Luke 13.  Three years without bearing fruit.  What could be…

The Gospel passage for this second Sunday of Lent focuses upon the parable of the fig tree that had borne no fruit but was allowed to remain another year so that it might produce a harvest. Like all of our…

St. Benedict taught that spiritual reading is a prayerful activity, and he even required his monks to read a good spiritual book during Lent. Daily prayer has always been the food of the soul, and good spiritual reading helps to…