Category: Quotes
Classic Favorite: Tonic Soup and spiritual warfare
Featured in SpiritualDirection.com In the classic spiritual warfare struggle between good and evil, the Genesis account of Joseph and his brothers shows how God’s power far surpasses Satan’s. Joseph’s jealous brothers sold him into slavery, yet that’s how their tribe was able to survive the famine. When God saved the family from starvation and reunited...
Friar’s Corner: Serving others is serving Jesus
We are nearing the end of our Church year with the great feast of Christ the King before we start Advent, December 2nd. We are finishing St. Mark’s gospel. The readings this Sunday cover various topics. The first reading deals with a “miracle story” of the prophet Elijah being fed by a poor widow and...
Featured Favorite: True North
By Christine Roe Featured on CatholicStand.com Many today are getting lost amongst the busy consumer culture, bogged down with appearing successful and fitting in with those around them. This culture tells us that the newest and fanciest cars will make us happy. It tells us that having a multimillion-dollar home will finally bring us...
NewEvangelizers: Stirring Slumbering Souls
In Stirring Slumbering Souls, Michael Seagriff invites us to ponder 250 Eucharistic reflections and recognize two distinct voices, “the prophet calling Israel back to fidelity” and “the sweet Mother inviting us to trust in her Son.” A good many of the reflections appeal to obedience to God’s love for us and his desire for us to...
Friars Corner: The joy of getting close to Jesus
Isaiah 35:4-7a; Psalms 146:7-10; James 2:1-5; Mark 7:31-37 We shift gears again this week. Last week for me was difficult. Our brain is wired at conception as male or female. Yet there are influences that also come from our parental ancestral lines. The brain has not developed yet from that first cell. It continues to...
Featured Favorite: Mary, Our Mother, teach us to pray
by Connie Beckman I was introduced to Our Blessed Mother at an early age. I fondly remember the many processions held in her honor at St. Lawrence O’Toole Church in Walkerville, MT. The sisters would patiently gather us in the church to form a procession in honor of Mary, followed by the recitation of the...