Category Archives: Guest Contributions
A faith built upon the love of God
Written by Adam Stengel Early in the pontificate of Pope Francis I was, generally speaking, what could be called a “Francis skeptic.” To be honest I didn’t pay that much attention to him at first. As the father of three little kids, I primarily focused on survival in those days. I wasn’t even aware ofContinue reading “A faith built upon the love of God”
Do You Love God Chastely?
BY ADAM STENGEL · OCTOBER 10, 2022 To introduce the year of St. Joseph, Pope Francis wrote one of the most beautiful letters of his papacy, his Apostolic Letter Patris Corde. Throughout the letter, the Holy Father reflects on many characteristics of St. Joseph. In his reflection on Joseph’s title “most chaste,” Pope Francis defines chasteContinue reading “Do You Love God Chastely?”
Have You no Faith?
BY ADAM STENGEL · OCTOBER 20, 2022 A violent squall came up and waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was already filling up. Jesus was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. They woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” He woke up, rebukedContinue reading “Have You no Faith?”
The Nativity of Mary
From the author of The Wandering Gyrovague: There is a certain irony that a feast that celebrates a birthday, something one may find at least mundane, or at best an historical remembrance is framed and defined by one of the most pithy eschatological (end-time) statements in Paul’s corpus, this selection from Romans: God’s Indomitable LoveContinue reading “The Nativity of Mary”
Saint Lawrence, Deacon, Martyr
From the author of the Wandering Gyrovague blog at https://heines.site/st-lawrence-the-deacon/: These are the simple lines about Lawrence from the Roman Martyrology: AT Rome, on the Tiburtine road, the birthday of the blessed archdeacon Lawrence, a martyr during the persecution of Valerian. After much suffering from imprisonment, from scourging with whips set with iron or lead,Continue reading “Saint Lawrence, Deacon, Martyr “
Friends of the Holy Land
By Brendan Metcalfe The goal of Friends of the Holy Land is to secure a resilient and enduring Christian community in the West Bank, Gaza, Israel and Jordan. The pandemic has hit hard in this area as around 70% of Christians rely on tourism for a living. For a second year there have been noContinue reading “Friends of the Holy Land”
No Vaccine for Martyrdom
By Tom Grossman, Jr., Special Contributor I thought it important to use my friend Tom’s testimony who agreed to be a guest contributor to this blog site. God bless, Eric – The Street Evangelist. No Vaccine for Martyrdom In the Gospel for this past Sunday, we see that Jesus comes to the disciples as theyContinue reading “No Vaccine for Martyrdom”
Responding to Receiving by Peter Cao, devoted husband & father
Responding to Receiving By Peter Cao, devoted husband and father I found writing the last reflection piece in the evening such a wonderful way to use time I would otherwise have spent preoccupied with my future financial state of affairs, or anxiously mulling over my day after I had already completed a thorough nightly examen.Continue reading “Responding to Receiving by Peter Cao, devoted husband & father”
Cao Family St. Joseph Altar
St. Joseph, pray for us. May our domestic church at home be strengthened this day and this year. Amen!
Learning the Art of Receiving
Fr. Jacques Philippe wrote that “it is vitally important to learn to receive, to receive one’s very own self along with everything from God. To the extent we learn to receive everything from God, we can give to others the best of ourselves.”1 Indeed, it is written into the nature of being Christians that weContinue reading “Learning the Art of Receiving”
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