Who among us has not worried about the future or been burdened with regrets? It was a surprise when I recently began to re-read the Divine Mercy in my Soul Diary of Sister Faustina Kowalski to discover that the second entry in her notebook is a prayer to calm those fears for what may come tomorrow and…
If I had to choose between becoming a New York Times best-selling author but lose my soul, or to never get published although achieve great holiness, I would have to choose the latter. No doubt, it’s the same choice you would make. But what if instead of heaven and…
It seems that the dumbest mistakes occur on the heels of pride. Humility and obedience to God’s Church, with over 2,000 years of getting it right, are the way to go. We avoid a lot of buffoonery this way. There are times that people think we are fools because of our values, but we…
I believe my prayers contributed to a deathbed conversion. There were surely other prayers at work, but mine were in the mix. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working, (James 5:16).
“I have a problem with Curious George,” a friend announced to me at a party. “I’m not sure about reading those books to my children.” Christa is the mother of three young boys. Her comment surprised me. My children had loved the popular book series.
(Divine Mercy Sunday is April 7, Come to the Feast of Mercy!) Anyone who is holding a grudge and not forgiving someone is a fool. What is the biggest difference between Christians and non-Christians? And what is the one thing you can do that God promises will come back to you? Answer: Forgiveness, aka mercy.
This powerful story of Divine Mercy is from the book, Amazing Grace for the Catholic Heart I watched as many poor people walked about in tattered clothing; visiting, eating tacos…and smiling. “What do they have to be so happy about?” I wondered. I was attending a medical conference in Mexico City in 1991 and…