Lectio Divina - Praying Through the Year With Scripture Spiritual Fitness July August 2017 Gospel for Aug. 6 – The Transfiguration of the Lord Jesus took P... Read More
Lectio Divina - Praying Through the Year With Scripture Spiritual Fitness June 2017 Gospel for Pentecost Sunday On the evening of that first day of t... Read More
Lectio Divina - Praying Through the Year With Scripture Spiritual Fitness May 2017 Gospel for May 28 – The Ascension of the Lord: And he said to the... Read More
Lectio Divina - Praying Through the Year With Scripture Spiritual Fitness April 2017 Gospel for Easter Sunday On the first day of the week, Mary of Mag... Read More
Lectio Divina - Praying Through the Year With Scripture Spiritual Fitness March 2017 Are we doing good deeds for the right reasons? Gospel for March 1,... Read More
Lectio Divina – Praying Through the Year With Scripture Spiritual Fitness January February 2017 When Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days, it became known t... Read More
Keeping God in Your Life During a Hectic Day Spiritual Fitness November 2016 HOW CAN I KEEP GOD PRESENT IN MY LIFE DURING A HECTIC WORK/SCHOOL S... Read More
Can There Be a ‘Dark Night’ in Our Relationship With God? Spiritual Fitness October 2016 Some questions have come to me regarding the “dark night of the sou... Read More
Walk Through the Holy Door of God's Grace Spiritual Fitness September 2016 As part of this Jubilee Year of Mercy, Pope Francis designated a Ho... Read More
Praying Together in Jesus’ Name Spiritual Fitness July August 2016 To gather in Christ’s name means we want to come together to seek t... Read More
Allow God’s Mercy to Come Into Your Life Spiritual Fitness June 2016 On December 8, 2015, Pope Francis, on the Feast of the Immaculate ... Read More
Comfort the Sorrowful Spiritual Fitness May 2016 I don’t know of any time or any season in the year when it is comfo... Read More
Easter Grace Continues Spiritual Fitness April 2016 After the Easter eggs are found and the chocolate is gone, we need ... Read More
The Power of Praying for Others Spiritual Fitness March 2016 In the last column, I spoke about the need for, and the power of, i... Read More
The Power of Prayer Spiritual Fitness January February 2016 I wonder how many of us seriously believe in the power of prayer? D... Read More
Do You Have 15 Minutes Every Day? Give It to God Spiritual Fitness October 2015 Can we meditate in a way that is faithful to our Catholic tradition? Read More
Celebrate the Power of the Cross Spiritual Fitness September 2015 The feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, celebrated on Sept. ... Read More
Make Time for an at Home Retreat Spiritual Fitness July August 2015 So often I hear people say: “Oh, I wish I could make a retreat, but my schedule makes that impossible." Read More
Prepare to Receive the Eucharist: ‘A Taste of Eternity in Time’ Spiritual Fitness June 2015 Many had written about the need to name a day solely focused on God’s tremendous gift to us in the Eucharist. Read More
Draw Closer to the Blessed Mother This May Spiritual Fitness April 2015 Honor your mother and ask her to lead you closer to her Son. She wa... Read More
Experience the Real Presence of Jesus During Adoration Spiritual Fitness April 2015 In this season of Lent, we experience the great graces of Holy Thur... Read More
4 Steps to 'Getting Something' Out of Mass Spiritual Fitness January February 2015 I don’t ‘get much’ out of Mass.” “I really wonder why I go.” “I go ... Read More
Seek Reconciliation Even When It’s Their Fault Spiritual Fitness November 2014 Bearing false witness? Well, that doesn’t apply to me. I have never... Read More
How to Be Truthful in Your Personal Prayer Spiritual Fitness October 2014 Jesus told us clearly in John 14:6: “I am the way, and the truth an... Read More
6 Ways to Steal Some Time for God Spiritual Fitness September 2014 The Seventh Commandment, “Thou shall not steal,” tells us not to ta... Read More