On this Feast of the Archangels, I thought I would share from a piece on angels I wrote a few years ago: I imagine angels to be like responsible teenagers asked to babysit their toddler siblings. I’m sure that my own guardian angel is often exasperated with me, as tends to happen when babysitting mischievous… Read More Frassati Reflection: Feast of the Archangels
For we brought nothing into the world, just as we shall not be able to take anything out of it. —1 Timothy 6:7 Think only how you may live, as it were, alone with God, removed from the world, the simple and pure life of the spirit, as though your soul were already in eternity…… Read More Frassati Reflection: The Root of Our Hope
Thomas J. Neal, Neal Obstat Theological Pining, “A harsh and dreadful thing”: Sometimes, he said, it’s heroic to simply honestly acknowledge to myself how messed up my family of origin is; or to speak to my sibling in a civil tone; or speak the words “I forgive you” to my dead uncle for his past crimes… Read More Thought-Provoking Reads, vol. 7
When we encounter suffering, we sometimes plead with God, asking what we have done to deserve such pain. But when we look at Mary, we realize even she who was entirely innocent and pure was asked to endure great suffering and sorrow. Our suffering is not a punishment for wrongdoing; it is a gift, even… Read More Frassati Reflection: Our Lady of Sorrows
Bill McCormick, S.J., America, “Bannon and Feinstein remind us that anti-Catholic bigotry is a bipartisan problem”: You cannot make this stuff up. Completely unplanned, two figures as different as Steve Bannon and Dianne Feinstein—a Trump-supporting Breitbart writer and a progressive California hero—inadvertently teamed up to remind Catholics that anti-Catholic bigotry is alive and well in both political… Read More Thought-Provoking Reads, vol. 6
Anne, blessed above all others, we, too, bring our reverence, for you have given birth to the girl from whom He will come Who is the basis of all our hope. Blessed, indeed, above all others, and blessed in your offspring! The tongues of all believers sing the praises of your child. Every voice is… Read More Frassati Reflection: Feast of the Nativity of Mary
Therefore, stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour. —Matthew 25:13 Pray, hope, and don’t worry. —St. Pio of Pietrelcina The parable of the wise virgins is a wake-up call for us to arise from complacency and be attentive to our salvation. However, Jesus is not telling us here to be anxious as… Read More Frassati Reflection: Stay Awake
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