The joy of conversion, Christian community, and the Catholic faith
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...
Andy LaValle calls fasting the tool to change your outlook most effectively. For him, there was no quicker, more consistent practice to bring me closer to God than fasting combined with prayer. From the Hub to the Heart, via Medjugorje Although God’s presence is everywhere, Mass is my favorite place to come into his...
At the Catholic Men’s Conference in Boston in 2010, Andy LaVallee met Jim Caviezel, not knowing he portrayed Jesus in The Passion of Christ. Jim dared Andy to go with him to Medjugorje, an obscure, poor village in Croatia. For more than thirty years, it has been alleged that the Virgin Mary has been appearing...
Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18; Ps 34:2-3, 17-19, 23; 2 Timothy 4:6-8,16-18; Luke 18:9-14 Come Holy Spirit, come and from your clear celestial home. Shed many rays of divine light. We need Your light surrounding our whole being, especially in our minds. We continue to beg God for his mercy on our country with this election, the...
Amos 7:12-15; Ps 85:9-14; Ephesus 1:3-14; Mark 6:7-13 Holy Spirit please help all of us. Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of Truth, Who are everywhere present and fill all things, Treasury of Blessings and Giver of Life, come and increase your presence within us, cleanse us of all stain (our sins) and save us, O gracious...
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At the Catholic Men’s Conference in Boston in 2010, Andy LaVallee met Jim Caviezel, not knowing he portrayed Jesus in The Passion of Christ. Jim dared Andy to go with him to Medjugorje, an obscure, poor village in Croatia. For more than thirty years, it has been alleged that the Virgin Mary has been appearing...