calling to mind your work of faith

. . . calling to mind your work of faith and labor of love and endurance in hope. What comes to mind when you think about a faith-filled friend or family member?   Maybe it’s the time your friend prayed with you for a wayward child or your grandmother fingered her...

Can anything good come from Nazareth?

Can anything good come from Nazareth? Saint Bartholomew, Apostle (Feast) How easy it is to judge people and situations only based on “earthly” assumptions!   That’s what Nathanael did when he first heard about Jesus. Nathanael, who is thought to be the same person as...

You shall love the Lord, your God

You shall love the Lord, your God. . . . [And] your neighbor as yourself.  Saint Rose of Lima, Virgin (Optional Memorial) Songwriters have long proclaimed that what the world needs is love.   But that lofty sentiment is a little vague on what love looks like or what...

Whoever comes out of

Whoever comes out of . . . my house to meet me . . . I shall offer him up as a burnt offering. The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Memorial) What a horrifying story!   Jephthah makes a vow that, if he is victorious, he will sacrifice the first person who greets...

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