Tag Archive: #reflection

Love in Deed

It’s a Wonderful Life is one of my favorite Christmas movies. It only occurred to me recently, though, that this film, for all its yuletide aesthetic, is actually more of an Easter story. I love this movie because it’s a [read more...]

The Good Shepherd and the Wolf

I remember very clearly the first movie I watched during my pregnancy with my eldest child. In this film, there is a scene where a young boy is kidnapped and shoved into the back of a van guarded by vicious [read more...]

Saying Yes to a Life You Did Not Plan

Who is orchestrating your life? If it’s God—and not you—what will you say to him? Fr. Mike suggests trying “yes.” Whether life circumstances bring the best out of you or the worst out of you, you need Jesus more than [read more...]

The Twist Ending

Any reader of psychological thrillers will come across the “dead main character trope” fairly often. This is the famous Sixth Sense twist ending (I would say “spoiler alert,” but the movie is older than most of the people who work [read more...]

Pray the Sorrowful Mysteries

Father Mike Schmitz invites you to pray the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary with him.

Written in the Wounds

For all the condemnation Thomas the Doubter has received in 2000 years of homilies, I think there’s something to admire in him. Thomas is not unique. We all waver at some point, overcome by hesitation, distracted by the clamor of [read more...]

The Symptoms of Vanity (and the Surprising Cure)

Vanity of vanities! All is vanity!” Okay maybe not everything, but probably more than you thought. Vanity isn’t just looking the mirror too much (although it could be). Vanity isn’t just too much plastic surgery (although it could be). Vanity [read more...]

Deacon Jerry’s Lenten Reflection: 2nd Sunday of Lent

All three readings from this Sunday give us a greatly expanded understanding of God’s covenant with us. If you recall in last Sunday’s first reading, God covenants with Noah that God will no longer destroy the earth by a flood. [read more...]

Deacon Jerry’s Lenten Reflection: 1st Sunday of Lent

In the first reading this Sunday, God tells Noah of God’s covenant that he will never again destroy the world by flood. God made the rainbow in the sky as symbol to remind us of this promise. Earlier God had [read more...]

Into the Desert

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of our 40-day Lenten journey. Lent is a season of reflection, prayer, repentance, and sacrifice – a time to prepare our hearts and minds to walk beside Jesus into the barren desert and, ultimately, into [read more...]