Weekly Inspiration: Pay Attention to the Giver of Life

Weekly Inspiration: Pay Attention to the Giver of Life

I’ve recently been reading through the book The Discernment of Spirits again for the first time in over a decade. In it, Fr. Timothy Gallagher describes an experience of God’s love that St. Elizabeth Ann Seton had as a teenager. She describes an idyllic spring morning...
Weekly Inspiration: What I Thought I Wanted

Weekly Inspiration: What I Thought I Wanted

Aren’t birthdays great opportunities for a little introspection, some reflection, and a bit of a check-in with yourself? I celebrated my birthday a few weeks ago, and as I was praying that morning, a quote I saw on social media kept coming to mind: I am so thankful I...
Love in Action

Love in Action

All love in action begins with Jesus’ love and action. He’s not only our model, our pattern, our way, and our good shepherd. He’s also our gate, both to the Father and to loving others as He loves. It’s his mercy, courage, and patience that...
No Greater Love

No Greater Love

One of the amazing things about the whole Christian story is that God is looking for friends. God is looking for people to love Him back. No greater love has the world ever known than what Jesus has done for us. He wants to bring us into that love and help us to...
Responding to Great Love

Responding to Great Love

“Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” (Jn. 15:13) That means there’s no love in the world, no love that you can feel, not a love from a friend, not a love from the spouse that you hope to have, not a love from the...