Bus Stop

“Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all day long” (Psalm 25:4-5) Our neighbor was out early this morning, standing with his two young children as they waited...

Summer Reading

“Hear, my child, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many. I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness. When you walk, your step will not be hampered, and if you run, you will not stumble. Keep hold of...

Unveil My Eyes

“Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? Or how can you say to...

Thank You

“Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God every time I remember you” (Philippians 1:2-3). St. Paul often begins his letters by offering a word of thanks. Paul knows that it is good to be grateful. In my morning prayers, I...

Holy Week

“As Jesus was now approaching the path down from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the deeds of power that they had seen, saying, “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!...

How Long O Lord?

“How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?” (Psalm 89:46a). Psalm 89 brings to a close Book III of the Psalms. It is a royal psalm that begins and ends in praise. In the middle of Psalm 89 there is both a deep resolve to affirm the promises of God and a deep...