Tag Archive: #reflection

Does God Care About “Self-Care”?

Do you prioritize self-care like it’s urgent and important? Or are the people you love only getting the most burnt-out version of you? You know, your basic needs are a priority to God—they need to be a priority to YOU, [read more...]

Fr. Schmitz: Praying in a State of Mortal Sin

Contrite prayer can be an act of courage, because Lord knows there’s no harder time to pray than after we know we’ve sinned. In a way, we’re afraid to approach God. Yet, just as the only way to overcome our [read more...]

Don’t Lose Sight: Interior Contact with God

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year B When I was a seminarian in Poland, one of my priest professors told me a story about when he was in Mexico giving a retreat and a man came to him and [read more...]

Greatest Commandment?

The Pharisees tested Jesus with the following question: “Which commandment in the law is the greatest?” Jesus masterfully replied by distilling the Ten Commandments (not to mention the countless pages of doctrine, rules and regulations man has subsequently created through [read more...]

Reflection: The God of Choices

Simon Peter answered him, “Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God.” If you have ever read a book [read more...]

Reflection: Believing and Rejoicing

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary One of the most poignant moments in John’s Gospel comes from the meeting between Jesus and Thomas the Apostle after the Resurrection. “Doubting Thomas” refused to accept the truth of Jesus’ [read more...]

“Cut it the Hell Out”

Father Mark Augustine celebrated the 11:30 Mass on August 8 and delivered, what may be, his final OLW Homily (at least for a while, as he leaves for Canada next week to continue his Canon Law training).  His parting message [read more...]

Reflection: Drawn by the Father

“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him.” How has God drawn you to faith in Jesus and how have you responded? If you had been alive when Jesus walked the earth, would you [read more...]

Eucharist, Not Just a Symbol

“By the Eucharist He feeds His children, not the Manna with which the Jewish People were fed in the desert, but with His adorable Body and His Precious Blood.” ~St. John Vianney 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time — Year B [read more...]

Feeding of Five Thousand: Making Miracles Today

A lesson that we can learn from the feeding of the five thousand is that Jesus is big enough for any of our expectations. Here, He surpassed expectations. He is ultimate. This means that Jesus provides every need and He [read more...]