When God’s gift seems too good to be true. Ashley McKinless April 02, 2025. Photo from Unsplash. A Reflection for Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent. Find today’s readings here. Jesus said to ...

Receptivity to the light of Christ that Jesus lived and shared with the world fosters healing and reformation – not just in ourselves, but in others, too, when we share God’s purifying love.

The Holy Spirit is God’s gift of mercy to us, and we experience the Spirit in the sacraments. Our Gospel recounts Jesus appearing to the apostles in the Upper Room (John 20:19-31).

Truth is, I need to get better at limiting myself, but giving gifts is so much fun! One of the greatest gifts that I’m so thankful for this year is the gift of God’s grace.

FRANKLIN GRAHAM ON EASTER: ‘GOD IS OUR ONLY HOPE’ Rev. Samuel Rodriguez of California noted that "after Jesus’ resurrection and ascension into heaven, many of his followers began traveling ...

How many of my sermons when I was young were bedeviled by the notion that God satisfies our desires, that Jesus fills the yearning we have inside? Not that God doesn’t satisfy our desires. But the ...

Our spiritual gifts are a way for us to more richly experience God’s love and to empower us to contribute to His greater plans. Jesus said later in John 10:10 that He came to “give us life ...

Do we really count each day as a gift from God and truly rejoice in it, with all the difficulties we face in this life? In Psalm 118:24 we read, “This is the day which the Lord hath made; we ...