Living Grace

Without mothers, none of us would exist. All of history’s enlightened leaders, illumined visionaries, and cultural heroes have been gifted to us through the grace of motherhood. This is certainly true of Jesus. Catholic and Orthodox Christians have given Mary the...

We have all experienced or witnessed the reality of evil. Psychological, sociological, or economic theories alone cannot explain the force of this nefarious reality. If our spiritual narratives do not confront evil, they are both impotent and potentially dangerous. In...

The birth of Jesus the Christ serves one purpose and one purpose only: to inaugurate the healing of this fallen world in order to bring us back to the intention of the original divine creation. At the center of the Christmas drama is a simple Jewish girl, Mary. Her...

It is easy to dismiss the Christmas narrative because it seems to contradict our life experiences and what science tells us is possible. Indeed, the science of history tends to acknowledge as true only those events that fit its rules of the game. Yet, it is impossible...

For most of my early school days, I would have my lunch at school because both my parents worked. However, a few months prior to her death my mother was not working and I would come home for lunch. I enjoyed either a fried egg sandwich or a BLT she would make for me,...

Monday: We became obsessed with life on this plane to such an extent that we began to forget about the wonders of heaven. Ultimately, the gravitational pull of our earthly desires became so strong that we found ourselves drawn to our mother’s womb and to another...