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‘If a foe were insulting me I could endure it. But it is you, a man like me, my friend, with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship.’ (Ps....

‘Christ loved the Church and gave Himself up for her.’ (Eph. 5:22) I will admit: facing my own brokenness in the Church and offering that...

‘The entire Christian life bears the mark of the spousal love of Christ and Church.’(CCC 1617) Jesus gave all; on the Cross, He pledged...

‘The bride belongs to the bridegroom.’ (Jn 3:29) We who welcome the Cross as the sign and seal of God’s unfailing love for us welcome...

‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind…Love your neighbor as yourself.’ (Matt. 22:37,...

‘Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.’ (Matt. 15:21) As Christians, we have a commitment to all persons; we must...

‘On the day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity. On...

The healing power of the Cross remains a mere idea unless we discover that Cross in community. That means finding safe places in our...

‘Human actions cannot help us but only the sufferings of Christ.’ Edith Stein (St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) We begin by gazing on...

‘What do you weep at, if you do not weep at this?’ Dante I respond to Dante’s question with some uncertainty. When my sin draws me to the...

‘The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a humble and contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.’ (Ps 51:17) We pierced God and He...

‘Listen! My Lover! “Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come with Me. See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone, Flowers...

‘Can we recognize the diabolical coup at work here? Think for a moment with the mind of the enemy. If the purpose of our creation as male...

‘Zeal for Your house consumes me.’ (PS 69:9; JN 2:17) During our forty days of ‘Pierced for the Bride’, we shall ‘fast’ lesser loves in...

‘The time will come when the Bridegroom will be taken from them; in those days they will fast.’ (LK 5:34) In preparation for our 40 days...

“We at Desert Stream Ministries are positioning ourselves before Christ Crucified for 40-days of prayer, from October 15th to November...

Zechariah prophecies that God will pour out a ‘spirit of grace and supplication’ in order that we ‘might gaze upon the One we have...

‘Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.’ (Matt. 5:7) Mercy is the heart of God. Fittingly, mercy is the core theme of...

‘Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.’ (Matt. 5:5) Weeping over one’s poverty is a gift. The contrite heart cries....

‘Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.’ (Matt. 5:4) Happy are the sad. Real joy comes from Christ, and Christ comes...