Shortly after we converted to the Catholic Church in 1979, a woman from my former Episcopal parish died, and I was asked to come back to do the funeral.  My Catholic Bishop gave permission for a Liturgy but not a Mass, so all was set.  An immigrant from NazI  Germany a...

Ilia Delio, O.S.F, whose book, "The Humility Of God" I recommended in my last blog, quotes St. Bonaventure:

"Indeed, no sorrow was ever comparable to yours, O Lord Jesus Christ!  Your blood was shed so abundantly that your whole body was soaked with it...why d...

Ali W. asks about humility and wanting to stay small. What a profoundly important question this is!  The answer I  want to offer is rooted in first looking deeply into the humility of God, since we are created in his image.  Most people don't tend to see God as humble...

#29   "When you are insulted by someone or humiliated, guard against angry thoughts, lest they arouse a feeling of irritation, AND SO CUT YOU OFF FROM LOVE AND PLACE YOU IN THE REALM OF HATRED."

#31   "Just as the thought of fire does not warm the body, so faith without...