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‘Divine mercy is the power of God’s love to bring not only good out of evil but the greater good out of evil.’ Fr. Michael E. Gaitley...

One habit to which I attribute any good that comes from me is abiding before the Crucified. Each morning I awake to a Franciscan cross...

Mercy: An urgent call for testimony Barbara Vittucci (a longstanding friend of DSM/LW, Barb resides in Vienna, Austria and has been a...

“Jesus rose up…and said to His disciples, ‘Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?’ ” (Mk 4:39, 40) The sleeping Church can no...

‘The burning sand will become a pool; the thirsty ground, a bubbling spring… And a highway will be there; it will be called the way of...

I write this from a tiny hotel room in Paris, just a stone’s throw from the Bastille—the site and symbol of the French Revolution. A...

Many Christians seek to be ‘on the right side of history’ by embracing ‘gay marriage.’ Jesus is not fooled. He exposes the fault lines...

Although America seems more inclined to celebrate the ‘Bruce Jenners’ who relent to perversion, I want to honor a man named Rocky who...

Landing in Brussels at the end of my intensive European tour reminded me of our first conference there in 1999. A most upright Catholic...

Like Jacob, Janet wrestled with God and won. She described to me the battle she faced years earlier between the pull of the ‘gay self’...

‘Zeal for Your house will consume me.’ (JN 2:17) Sue Hunt considered ordination as a Buddhist nun in the Ubon region of Thailand. An...

In ‘The Gift’ I write: ‘Christ loved the Church and gave Himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing of water...

‘O blood and water that flows from the heart of the Savior as a fount of mercy for us, [we] trust in You!’ St. Faustina Today we...

Only through the Cross and the mercy released from the One who gave all can we counter the new Pharisee. Boy, do we need it now. I am...

‘Your most merciful Heart is all my hope. I have nothing for my defense but only Your mercy; in it lies all my trust.’ St. Faustina...

‘Neither (s)he who plants nor (s)he who waters is anything but only God, who makes things grow.’  (1 Cor. 3: 7) with my sister and the...

‘The knowledge of my own misery allows me to know the immensity of Your mercy.’ St. Faustina Kowalska Storms accompany my advances. I...

‘Where the river flows, everything will live.’ (Ez. 47:9) Soon after, God gave me a vision of a big river in which many were coming to be...

I am happy to announce the release of Desert Stream Ministries 2013 Mid-year Newsletter. The newsletter features articles written by...

‘Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies it remains alone. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.’ (Jn 12: 24) I hope I am...