4+ hour, 20+ min ago  (263+ words) I understand Vatican II changed the rules on indulgences and that there are only three ways to gain an indulgence. What is the basis of the Church's authority to grant indulgences? Our Lord did not mention indulgences specifically to my…...

20+ hour, 31+ min ago  (253+ words) When I'm down about the state of affairs in this country that I love, I return to one of my favorite shows, The West Wing. I am that old person who now just watches reruns of The West Wing and…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (120+ words) There is such an abundance of poetic passages to carry in your heart, especially from the Gospel of John: Remain in me, as I remain in you (15: 4). Reflect on the gift of the overlap of love, Jesus" love for you,…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (101+ words) Reflect There is a quiet moment after the resurrection, when Jesus'enters into'the upper room and greets his disciples. After bidding them'be'at peace, he shows them his wounds. And'that's'when we read, "The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord" (Jn 20: 20). It…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (220+ words) Reflect" Three times in chapter 20 of John's gospel, Jesus greets his disciples with "Peace be with you." How well he knew them, his "brothers," after their years together." Their world had collapsed. They were afraid. Once would not do, nor…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (169+ words) The psalms'are truly prayers from the heart, from the heart of our persons and from the heart of our lives. When things take a turn for the worse'disorientation'our pain comes to expression in lament. When we are restored to a…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (196+ words) In my best, my most alive moments'in my mystical moments, if you want'I have a profound sense of belonging. Life and Love Within Myself In my best, my most alive moments'in my mystical moments, if you want'I have a profound…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (196+ words) To those who left all things, Jesus had promised eternal life and a hundredfold besides'now! The Almighty in All Things Francis loved the larks and wanted by his singing to make larks of all people, to lift them up and…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago  (527+ words) Two readers asked the same basic question about final repentance and salvation. Q. #1: "I am 80 years old now, but when I was a child, we had a priest who said to carry a card with a perfect act of contrition on…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (185+ words) I needed to remember who I was in the midst of this loss of control and rejection. I was the beloved. "I Was the Beloved" I remember once finishing a memoir and querying a number of agents and publishers about…...