As we become more familiar with the Word of God through our study of the Old and New Testaments, we will recognize Him more easily in the sacraments, and in one another.
Read MoreThe reason why every human society has similar rites of passage is because God made us precisely for this union. It is a pattern built into our nature, as is marriage itself, the primordial sacrament instituted in us by God at our creation. They are signs signifying the great reality that you and I were made for nothing less than union with God.
Read MoreChrist began his ministry with an affirmation of his identity as the beloved Son of God. As we begin the work of a new semester, let us do the same. Let us remember our baptism, and remember the great dignity that we have as co-heirs with Christ, adopted sons and daughters of the Father.
Read MoreWe cannot know God without recognizing our own smallness, because everything is small compared to the greatness of God.
Read MoreWe rejoice because God is with us, but the dwelling of God among his people cannot leave things the way they were before. God’s presence changes everything.
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