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October 9, 2012 ‘Know that the Lord sets apart the godly for Himself.’ (Ps. 4:3) Those bound to any life-dominating sins, including...

‘Just as there is a momentum to evil, so is there a momentum to repentance.’ Surrender is everything. Unless the seed releases itself to...

‘Instead of trying to avoid hardships, ask God for the grace to bear them well.’ St. Andre Bessette The Church stands at a crossroads....

Our 40 days of prayer begin this Friday. Might you consider some type of fast as a way of maximizing your time in prayer? Freaketh not...

Prayer unites us with His ache. Beneath His cross, we witness silently His naked broken body. Like rain from heaven, blood and water flow...

Spiritual and sexual longing are similar in several ways: we experience both as an ache in a way that pervades the whole of our humanity....

8am: a man to whom I had been sharing Christ stopped our conversation short by introducing me to his new male lover then politely refused...

Dear Friends, For the last 4 years, we have done 40 days of prayer in the fall, usually asking God to help us uphold the integrity of...

John Paul ll said it best: ‘The dignity of future generations depends on who man will be for woman and woman for man.’ We fight today for...

Amid my demonic accusations, co-host Karen Davis said quietly: ‘God does amazing things through prayer…’ Sure enough, as we gathered to...

‘I urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.’ (Jude 3) Consider my friend Ben, a pastor in the...

I love this verse: it conveys concisely how I overcame homosexuality. I did not run from my same-sex attraction; I attended to the need...

Woodcut, published ca. 1880. I just read in the New York Times that Dr. Robert Spitzer, the man who documented the transformation of 200...

Ascension of Christ. Woodcut after a drawing by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (German painter, 1794 - 1872), published in 1877. ‘Unless I...

As one who shares that struggle, I often feel like the rather clueless disciples, stumbling about in the dark with the risen Christ....

If we want to be more like Jesus, we must be with Him more. And do less of everything else. Our roots must sink and stay deep in the...

This is the seventh and concluding post of my Holy Week Meditations for 2012. Please click here for the archive list of posts. Annette...

— Intimate Authority: Holy Week Meditations, 6 Mary Magdalene wept and lingered at the Cross. The Man who had become her life died. His...

Jesus' crucifixion. Woodcut after a drawing by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (German painter, 1794 - 1872) This is the fifth post of my...

Merciful Discipline 6: Humbled, We Shine ‘When You disciplined us, we could barely whisper a prayer.’ (IS 26:16) ‘Christ’s abiding...