This presentation of the Stations of the Cross is designed to remind you of the importance of this practice – even beyond Lent. Praying with the stations allows us to unite our suffering with the agony of Jesus on the cross. Christ suffered and died so that we might be forgiven of our sins and join our heavenly father in eternal life. The pain…
The fraternal life is not accessory to life. We’re coming to the desert together, which constantly challenges each of us to give ourselves to the Lord and to each other. We belong to one another. Then there are times where the hardest part isn’t giving…
Not only priests are anointed, we as Christians, through baptism and confirmation, we are all anointed. In our anointing we are given a purpose, a mission. God wants us to be part of the work of redemption, he wants us to not just be spectators in life looking on from the outside, but rather to be in it as it unfolds. In this video Fr. Malachy…
Being a son means that you have a Father. The first and most important identity: son. This is the foundational identity that the Father gives us — everything else builds on this. We’re not talking about the Father as an idea or a concept. Because you can’t have…
Prayer is something that is absolutely essential, this is our way to have a relationship with God. It’s our way to be in communion with Jesus and The Father. However, not all of us how know how to do it. Are the words enough to make it a prayer? Are the thoughts enough to make a prayer? So here lies the question, “How do we pray?”…
Sometimes Lent is a missed opportunity. We focus too much on what we’re going to give up, what we’re going to do, etc. This year, focus on our desire to have a Lent that brings us into contact with Jesus. Where are we going, and why are we going there? Jesus…
When you have a conversion, you live a Eucharistic life, with a gravitational pull to be with Jesus. There, no matter how you feel, you know you’re not alone. It’s not just about our desire to go to him, though — he is also drawing us to himself. Allow yourself to be drawn…
When we get to know Jesus, our need for “stuff” — for entertainment, for status — is lessened. Besides, we have to stop pretending that stuff and noise and grasping doesn’t have an effect on our lives. Really examine it in your own life; the truth is that prayer only works in silence…
The first big “yes” — when we originally orient our lives to Christ — is not the most important. It’s the later yesses, of a deeper surrender and trust and giving of our lives, that mean a lot more. At some point, it’s not enough to be doing the right things; there must still be a desire for even…
This is NOT a How to Discern episode. It’s much closer to the foundation. What does the “will of God” even mean? What about “surrendering my life to God”? Discernment isn’t a calculation or program or roadmap, it’s not a “do this and do that and God’s mystery in your life will be revealed…
