Today’s Gospel reading would be the natural one to reflect on, especially during Lent. The parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector is a profound lesson on humility and righteousness. Yet while ...

These three words adorn a large 50-by-11-inch farmhouse-style frame hanging on a prominent wall at my house. Below it, I purposely added three 8x10 frames — the first contains one of my favorite ...

A Reflection for Thursday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time “Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven. In a ...

More than half a century ago, as a young freshman in college, I wrote about the love of Christ in my first English literature class assignment. At the time, I had only begun my walk with him. Now, 52 ...