It is the Spirit that gives life

It is the Spirit that gives life. Sometimes you just need a good teacher.   For example, you might sum up Einstein’s theory of relativity in a simple equation: E=mc2.   A quick Internet search will tell you that E represents energy, m stands for mass, and c2 is the...

Help me to forgive

“Saul, my brother . . .” Most of us are familiar with the story in scripture.   How Saul is blinded by an encounter with Christ, how he is sent to Ananias, and how this onetime persecutor is baptized.   It’s a moving story of conversion.   But let’s look at another...

Do you understand

Do you understand what you are reading? Notice how Philip starts his conversation: with a question.   That leads the Ethiopian official to respond with a question of his own.   Soon enough, a natural conversation begins, and Philip is telling this fellow about Jesus. ...

He rejects no one

I will not reject anyone who comes to me. . . . And I shall raise him on the last day.  On April 18th, 1506— over 512 years ago—the cornerstone of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome was laid.   The Basilica was designed to be an awe-inspiring edifice representing the coming...

Living well

Stephen . . . looked up intently to heaven.  According to St. Robert Bellarmine, “The secret to dying well is living well.”   It’s a simple formula: those who “live well” by trying their best to keep the commandments and embody the beatitudes will feel more prepared...

Food that endures

The food that endures for eternal life. In J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, a group of characters sets out on a dangerous quest.   At one point, they are given a special kind of bread called lembas, one bite of which had the power to sustain someone for an...

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