Mother Teresa was famous for her selfless service to the poorest among us, but the reason this service was so effective and inspiring was that everything she did was centered in prayer. That’s why she insisted that her Missionaries of Charity pray…
« read »The devil cannot take possession of us against our will. Evil from the outside gets inside us only when invited in by a kindred spirit within, whatever vices we’ve let take root in our soul. For instance: envy comes from within. It…
« read »When the first Oklahoma missionaries went to Guatemala in 1963, they took a boat to an isolated place on Lake Atitlán, where they found thousands of people who had been abandoned for generations, and their heart was moved with pity for them.…
« read »Geometry is the study of shapes, and the most complex basic shape is the spiral, which has length, breadth and depth but is the only three-dimensional shape without area. The spiral loops back on itself like a circle but moves forward like…
« read »When you and I were babies, we were totally dependent and yet our needs were met. The reason is divine providence. God gave us parents, and especially a mother, to provide for us. And they provided for us out of love. We…
« read »In the Gospel you just heard, Peter and the other disciples want to know what reward they will get for having left everything to follow Jesus and Jesus answers that 1) they will sit on 12 thrones judging the 12 tribes of…
« read »How many of you have been at one of my confirmation Masses this year? If so, the first part of this homily will be very familiar to you. Remember what I said about salmon and other fish that live in rivers? They…
« read »If you attended college away from home, think back and remember what that first summer back home was like at the end of your freshman year. During the year I was away, one of my brothers took over what had been my…
« read »If I were to ask you who Jesus is, you’d say he’s the Son of God, the second person of the Blessed Trinity, fully human and fully divine, the Messiah who saves us from the power of Satan, the redeemer whose death…
« read »At a certain age, kids love to throw things at each other, get each other really dirty. Say hitting your brother with a big, juicy rotten tomato right out of the garden — it makes a satisfying splat and a wonderful mess.…
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