I never would have guessed, when I involuntarily gave up running four years ago, that I would have so much to gain through walking: exercise, mental clarity, creative insight, even a bit of inner peace.
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is in the midst of a multi-million dollar campaign to reinforce belief in the real presence of the Eucharist. But the real presence of Christ freely reveals itself to us, everywhere we look.
Soul Seeing: Jesus was a human being who had to learn about life — and the learning didn't stop in childhood. Even as an adult, he maintained this openness, this profound curiosity.
Pauline Hovey hadn't thought about how impractical love is until she started serving hundreds of plates of warmed-over spaghetti to table after table of migrants in Juarez, Mexico.
The story of the prophet Elijah's experience at the mouth of a cave serves as a model against which to understand how God communicates personally with our distracted, yearning spirit.
As writers, we often make it sound so easy to find God among the everyday, but the reality is more elusive. I always hope that the spark of faith is going to spontaneously show up, but that moment often eludes me.
This Lent, I have decided to reread the Wisdom literature from the Bible. These books focus on life here and now on planet Earth. I have come more and more to appreciate this focus as I live longer and longer.
