As we approach Easter, we are exposed to a rich variety of symbols that have a long tradition in the Catholic Church.  An important symbol used in various ceremonies is oil.
    Each year, on the Thursday before Holy Week, the bishop gathers with his priests and repres...

“Dwelling in God’s Presence”  If there is any focus that the Christian leader of the future will need, it is the discipline of dwelling in the presence of the One who keeps asking us, “Do you love me?  Do you love me?  Do you love me?”  It is the discipline of contempl...

Lent is a time for prayer! Yet, for those on the outside looking in, prayer is often considered a weakness, a support system when we can no longer help ourselves. This is only true when our prayer is used as a smokescreen to ourselves and does not line up with reality...

     I have a cute story for you from a Mr. Joseph Selma, entitled I Can See Clearly Now.   It goes like this:  “Her Laundry isn’t very clean,” Ann told her husband, John, while looking out the kitchen window as her new neighbor hung up her wash on the l...