Community of Sinners
We don’t feel comfortable in the Church because it is full of sinners. But it would be even less comfortable if it was full of saints.
Psalm 104, Morning Meditation
I recommend this psalm as a prayer to all of us who spend their days immersed in technology and science. I find it important to remind ourselves of who is the moving power behind all of that that we analyse and measure. Sometimes I hear theologians saying that the more we discover how complex the […]
Psalm 85, Morning Meditation
For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. 1 You, Lord, showed favour to your land; you restored the fortunes of Jacob. 2 You forgave the iniquity of your people and covered all their sins. 3 You set aside all your wrath and turned from your fierce anger. 4 Restore us […]
Psalm 84, Morning Meditation
A Desire for God’s House 1 How beautiful are the places where You live, O Lord of all! 2 My soul wants and even becomes weak from wanting to be in the house of the Lord. My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God. 3 Even the bird has found a […]
The College of Saint Joseph the Worker
I continually meet people who believe that training students in the Catholic intellectual tradition and the skilled trades is not merely a paradox (which I grant), but a contradiction. “Some people are meant for college; others for the trades,” I often hear. But there is something profoundly anti-Christian about this seemingly harmless statement. It is […]
Litany Of The Holy Spirit
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Father all-powerful, have mercy on us. Jesus, Eternal Son of the Father, Redeemer of the world, save us. Spirit of the Father and the Son, boundless life of both, sanctify us. Holy Trinity, hear us. Holy Spirit, Who proceed from […]