Young Patrick saw little incentive to challenge his privilege and the pretenses of his sin. As we will see, for him it would take a great tragedy to brutally destroy that pretense and reveal the hard truth to him. For...
People from all faiths and none at all find in the Celtic tradition an expression of spirituality deeply connected to nature and vibrantly alive—a spiritual rootedness we long for in the twenty-first century, at the same time simpler and richer. Celtic...
DREAMING OF STONES In the world before wakingI meet a winged one,feathered, untethered,who presses in my palmthree precious stones,like St. Ita in her dream,but similarities end there,her with saintliness and certainty,me asking questions in the dark.All I know isI am...
BE INSPIRED! Living In The Present Moment with Fr. Albert Haase, OFMfrom Keeping the Fire Alive: Navigating Challenges in the Spiritual Life
Busyness must always make way for prayer and not the other way around. We cannot shoehorn prayer into our day as if it were another thing to cross off the list. For prayer is not something you do, it is...
“I pray then that we should use every effort to press on toward this life’s goal. Let no one look behind him as did Lot’s wife, especially since the Lord has said that no one who puts his hand upon...
Losing Our Fear A phrase I have written down in my journal is one I repeat to myself again and again: “Feelings are not always truth-tellers, but they are always indicators.” Fear, and our ability to feel it, is...
The greatest experience I have of God is in silence. Even though, as a priest, much of my life is spent talking about God—teaching and explaining God to others and reflecting on the mystery of God—it is silence that...
