Spiritual Experience & Disciplines

“I don’t have enough time.” I have said this countless times over the years. I have thought it many times more than I’ve said it. But I have not ever seriously considered that thinking or speaking this way reflected poorly on God. Until the other

Here’s what St. Paul is trying to tell us: We’re cracked pots that hold the treasure of God’s divine life within us. (Don’t go look­ing for “crackpot” in Scripture! I’m saying we’re “cracked pots.”) An earthen vessel is a thin little thing, fragile and imperfect.

Sooner or later, love is tested by sacrifice. Indeed, one could say that sacrifice lies at the heart of love. To love is not only to will the good of the other, but also to be willing to take action to bring about the good of

To deal properly with the crises it faces, Europe must first have hope, Pope Francis said Wednesday at his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square. “Hope needs to be restored to our European societies,” the Pope said Sept. 27, “especially to the new generations.”

On Saturday, Oct. 7, the date on which the Church celebrates the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, the fourth edition of the worldwide Men’s Rosary will take place with more than 40 countries uniting in prayer. The initiative originated in Poland and Ireland

Every single one of us encounters suffering in our lives, and no matter how hard we attempt to evade it, it remains inevitable. Even the Son of Man experienced the most profound suffering. We seldom desire or request that the Lord gifts us with suffering,