· 2 September 2007 | 780 words
The term Body of Christ means three things: 1) the actual physical body of Jesus; 2) the Church (with a capital "C") because we as individual persons are church, parts of the Body, branches on the Vine; and 3) the Eucharist, the Blessed...
· 25 March 2007 | 395 words
We all are virgins of the heart. We seek, often desperately, intimacy with another person. But even in the midst of close intimacy, be it physical, emotional, spiritual, or intellectual, it is not perfect. Something is always missing. It remains...
· 5 March 2007 | 142 words
Christ on the cross bows his head, Waiting for you, That he may kiss you, His arms are outstretched, That he may embrace you, His hands are open, That he may enrich you, His body spread out, That he...
· 16 January 2007 | 129 words
Is the nothingness I yearn for a return to the comfortable nothingness of the womb, or a step forward into the unknown of total giving, of emptying myself to You? Is this want from my egoic, fear and attachment-driven empirical...
· 23 November 2006 | 503 words
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen wrote a wonderful little book called You, which is really about us and our relationship with God. Although the cultural references are a little dated, here is a cursory explanation, sprinkled with golden nuggets of insight,...
Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us