Broken and Contrite
I. “A broken and contrite heart, O God, thou shalt not despise” (Psalm 51:17). Ivan Ilyich was an old man on his deathbed when he first...
Contemplating the Eucharist
I. “Woe is me! For I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips…my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.” Prophet Isaiah was...
Christian Community
I. He was walking by the seashore struggling to make sense of things. For the past several months, St. Augustine had set out to write a...
Your Calling in Your Parish
I. Gideon and his army awoke to find themselves surrounded by the enemy. The Midianites, the Amelikites, and all the tribes of the east...
Truth is Life
I. Last Sunday, at 7:30 in the morning, a family of six set out on a mission to serve God. With bombs hidden in their clothes, the...
In Jesus' Name
I. "When I prayed in my heart, everything around me seemed delightful and marvelous. The trees, the grass, the birds, the air, the...
A Touch by the Holy Spirit
I. For three days, a young man was tormented by schizophrenic thoughts. His head was choked up by voices and demands so loud and numbing...
The Lord is My Shepherd
I. “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet” (Ps. 119:105). Today, our Lord and Savior tells us He is the Good Shepherd. In the Middle East, the...
God's Entrance
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God” (Matthew 5:8). I. We live in a world absolutely transparent. God’s presence fills...
Hiding from God
I. “They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the...