Right now, there are a lot of things you’re missing out on. Somewhere out there, you’re missing one of the greatest concerts of all time. Right now, you’re missing out on meeting a new friend that could help you most in your time of need. Somewhere on a shelf, you’re missing out on a book [...]
“When we find ourselves grousing about having so little time for ourselves, for being asked to do so much, let’s try to remind ourselves that that’s the way it’s supposed to be. God gave us our families to serve. We are being asked to give everything for our families. Indeed, we are being called to [...]
“Do not become utterly absorbed in activism! There would be so much to do that one could be working on it constantly. And that is precisely the wrong thing. Not becoming totally absorbed in activism means maintaining consideratio — discretion, deeper examination, contemplation, time for interior pondering, vision, and dealing with things, remaining with God [...]
My latest post over at the National Catholic Register is about all of the noise in our lives: Sometimes when you first get to a restaurant for a meal it’s nice and quiet. It’s easy to talk to your friends. It’s relaxing. It’s peaceful. Then a few hours later you all of a sudden realize [...]
This is another one of my favorite quotes from Mother Teresa: “If you are discouraged it is a sign of pride because it shows you trust in your own power. Your self-sufficiency, your selfishness and your intellectual pride will inhibit His coming to live in your heart because God cannot fill what is already full. [...]
“Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.” – St. Augustine This is so profoundly true. And yet we spend so much effort on so many other things while not only neglecting the family, but trivializing and redefining it.
“Peace is not the absence of trouble. Peace is the presence of God.” Good quote! And kind of the flip side to this video on evil. Where evil is not the presence of something, but the privation of a good – the absence of something. On the other hand, many people think peace is the [...]
Here’s one for all the busy Catholics in the house!
“God doesn’t ask that we succeed in everything, but that we are faithful. However beautiful our work may be, let us not become attached to it. Always remain prepared to give it up, without losing your peace.” – Blessed Mother Teresa It seems like every time I flip through the channels on the TV I [...]
