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“O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the heart of Jesus as a fount of mercy for us, I trust in you!” – Chaplet of Divine Mercy A...

‘I am making everything new. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life’ (Rev. 21: 5,...

‘What He has not assumed, He cannot heal.’ -St. Gregory of Nazianzen '…the vile and horrible fiend clad His spirit in a robe steeped in...

‘The rain came down, the stream rose, and the winds blew and beat against the house; yet it did not fall, because it was founded on the...

We the forgiven sing to our Savior; our hearts overflow with grateful melody. We give thanks to Him with simple songs of love. We start...

Why such a gap between our belief in God’s capacity to cleanse us from all unrighteousness and our refusal to let Him? My friend Dana...

‘Beware of refusing to go to the funeral of your own independence.’ -Oswald Chambers How dependent am I on Jesus? Fickle, at best. Yes, I...

‘Everyone looks out for his own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.’ (Phil. 2:21) Jesus’ main interest in Lent is to lead us into the...

‘Before you call, I will answer you’ (Is. 65:24). Do we even know what we need? Just prior to Lent, I confessed symptoms of...

‘The time has come—the Kingdom is here. Repent and believe the good news!’ (Mk. 1:15) At our Living Waters wrap up party last week, one...

‘Because we are vulnerable, we can be brave.’ Josef Pieper ‘Inner healing’ tends to attract women, who usually access their wounds more...

‘Why complain when you can act?’ Elizabeth Lesoeur Annette agreed to teach ‘Offering the Gift’ alongside me at Living Waters last week—no...

‘Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is...

‘To authentically live Christmas is to be born again with that little baby, who speaks constantly to us about the infinite, faithful, and...

I am a zealous father but not a very well-rounded one. I don’t like professional sports (my kids mock Dad’s half-hearted efforts to cheer...

The Holy Family: Joseph, Mary and Jesus. Wow. As I reflect on this holy trio, I wonder: “How in the world could we ever imagine living a...

The bright white carpet in our rental highlighted the dirt strewn all over it by our 2-year-old Nick back in the late-eighties; it seems...

The Lord inhabits humble, barren spaces. His very presence sanctifies them. A shepherd’s pasture becomes a contact point for divine...

Here, evangelicals tremble: has Catholic-convert Comiskey gone over to the dark-side of Marian devotion? Is he in cahoots with the...

Hey, join me and Marco Casanova for our podcast, Desert Streaming. (Clever, eh? My daughter Katie came up with it.) We go live next...