A Catholic Moment

“It isn’t enough to keep Lent with some external behaviors. I need to open myself to God.”

Mary Ortwein · It Is Written

March 5, 2022

Torch

“when the Gospel is at the front of our minds, we are more able to keep things in perspective, more able to choose the right path, more able to live in hope with our thoughts and emotions under control”

Fr Nicholas Crowe · Remember the Lord’s Goodness

March 3, 2022

Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns

“Upon reflection, I now ask myself how often I fall prey to thinking in terms of Evey’s childish question, considering what other people are doing and instead of worrying about my own actions”

Melissa Altman · Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

February 27, 2022

A Catholic Moment

“No matter what type of suffering the world can throw at us, none of it can compare to what Jesus endured…for us. And he did not allow suffering to sidetrack His mission and His love of the Father…and His mission of sharing the Good News of the Father with anyone who would listen”

John Ciribassi · Offer It Up

April 3, 2021

A Catholic Moment

“Troubles will never be over until we are over from this life. But it is only our perseverance that will win for us the Eternal Homeland.”

Fr. Lawrence Obilor · Do not be troubled

May 10, 2020

Building on the Word

“Each day when we pray, we should begin not by focusing on what is absent or what causes us fear. We should begin by focusing on what is present and what blesses us. We should begin with thankfulness.”

Fr. George Smiga · Recognizing Jesus

April 26, 2020

A Catholic Moment

“The Lord will never allow us to remain in despair and at his own time, he will transform our “Good Friday” tears into an “Easter sunday” joy”

Fr. Lawrence Obilor · He is alive

April 12, 2020

A Catholic Moment

“It’s Christmas Day. Jesus is here. Our Savior is born and a new light shines upon the earth. But the thing is, Jesus has always been here. True – He became flesh on this day, and He became one of us. But He was also there in the beginning with God the Father, and all things in this world were made though Him.”

Joseph LaCombe · He is Here!

December 25, 2019

Torch

“What their sending was about is surely what the sender is always about, his saving love for all of our wayward world”

Fr Dermot Morrin · Facing Jerusalem

July 4, 2019

A Catholic Moment

“We need to have courage that Christ will get us through the disappointments and trials, and help us to become better people”

Joseph LaCombe · Finding Joy Through it All

May 12, 2019

A Catholic Moment

“God needs the space to work in us. And we cannot let Him work, and we cannot do His work out in the world if we ourselves are cluttered with negativity, sin, and pain.”

Joseph LaCombe · Get Ready to Purge

March 3, 2019

Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns

“The first step towards conversion is becoming conscious of our inordinate desires for transient and perishable things that draw us away from God”

Sr. Elizabeth Zwareva, MM · Ash Wednesday

February 14, 2018

A Catholic Moment

“Every day, God gives us moments to reflect, regroup, and look to where we can improve for tomorrow. But in this busy world...We get so caught up in life, that we fail to take this time to listen to God. We fail to spend time with Him, and grow that relationship. We get distracted.”

Joseph LaCombe · Persistent Prayer

October 15, 2016

A Catholic Moment

“This is what Christ is asking of us today though, in the three readings – to accept His call, to seek freedom through Him, no matter what is oppressing us, and to fully commit to Him and let go of those things holding us back.”

Joseph LaCombe · All-In

June 26, 2016

Torch

“The life that the Apostle speaks about flows from the revelation of Christ: He is sent, given to us, so that we may flourish as one body”

Fr Benedict Jonak · Knowing Our Needs

July 28, 2015

A Catholic Moment

“Amongst all the distraction and craziness of life, we must always be looking at the bigger picture, and where it all fits in line. And it all falls in line behind the Trinity. The all consuming Holy Trinity of God, guiding our lives through all the things that arise”

Joseph LaCombe · The Bigger Picture

May 31, 2015

ronrolheiser.com

“if you find yourself in church at Christmas, if you find yourself at table with your family on Christmas day, and if you find yourself greeting your neighbors and colleagues with a little more warmth, then it doesn’t matter if you are distracted, tired, over-fed, and not thinking explicitly about Jesus, you’ve made it.”

Ron Rolheiser, OMI · Being Ready for Christmas

December 22, 2014

ronrolheiser.com

“And so, I think, God must be akin to a loving parent or grandparent, looking at his or her children at the family gathering, happy that they have interesting lives that so absorb them, content not to be always the center of their conscious attention”

Ron Rolheiser, OMI · On Being Perpetually Distracted

June 23, 2014

Torch

“Lent is indeed a time for seeking an audience – but with God, rather than with other people”

Fr Leo Edgar · They Have Had Their Reward

March 5, 2014

A Catholic Moment

“We do need to think of others during this holiday season, that is important, but we need to think of Jesus and our relationship with him even more. Everything else in our life flows from our relationship with the Lord.”

Laura Kazlas · Noah Listened to God When No One Else Did

December 1, 2013

Torch

“if Christ’s word is to have any chance of sinking into our minds and hearts to the extent that we do recognise His voice and are motivated to follow Him by committing our lives to Him, then we have to discipline our minds in the art of attentiveness to His voice”

Fr Martin Ganeri · No One Shall Snatch Them Out My Hand

April 21, 2013

Torch

“A close relationship with God is the purpose of our lives but we must have the will to devote all our efforts to it”

Fr Anthony Axe · Fitness for Life

February 17, 2010

Torch

“Evil desires are never simply something different from good desires. Instead they are a parody of the good. The wicked are like people who build a plane which is perfect in every way, except that it can’t fly.”

Fr Euan Marley · Clever Stupidity

September 18, 2004

Torch

“the people who are best prepared to share God’s life, to enter heaven, are not necessarily...the people who’ve never done anything wrong because they’ve never taken the risk that’s often involved in trying to do something right.”

Fr John Orme Mills · Pure in Heart

February 3, 2002

Torch

“Looking back is sometimes people’s solution to the fear they experience by looking ahead. Christians, however, must steel themselves for what’s coming rather than bury themselves in what’s been.”

Fr Mark Edney · Looking Back

July 1, 2001

Building on the Word

“So this is the God that the Beatitudes reveal to us: a God who lifts up the lowly, who cares for the poor, who stands with the oppressed. It is this vision of who God is that stands at the center of Jesus’ ministry and forms the heart of Jesus’ teaching”

Fr. George Smiga ·

Building on the Word

“Ultimately this parable is a parable about freedom, because it tells us we can never change the heart of another person. We do not have the power to establish God’s kingdom. Therefore, our only responsibility is faithfulness.”

Fr. George Smiga ·

Building on the Word

“As long as we focus only on the weeds, we live a life of bitterness and die of exhaustion. But if we can see and embrace the wheat of God’s presence, then we will find the freedom to build God’s kingdom and the hope that comes from living in God’s love.”

Fr. George Smiga ·

Building on the Word

“Jesus calls us to correct those who do wrong. But correction is not laying down the law. It is surrounding a person with love.”

Fr. George Smiga ·

Building on the Word

“As long as we know Christ’s love then we can see that the missing parts of our lives, though important, are not essential”

Fr. George Smiga ·