In the Gospel of John, Jesus says, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid” (14:27). I ...
How to Have Peace Without Having Control
Make no mistake: what’s going on in the world matters. Current events are not inconsequential. Elections DO have consequences. The evil that used to cautiously lurk in the shadows seems to be danci...
Meditating on the Fruits of the Mysteries
Meditating on the spiritual fruit of each mystery -- a specific virtue that we can aspire to live out in our own lives like Jesus and Mary -- can make our prayer experience deeper and our devotion ...
Your Best Ability is your Availability
The logical assumption would be that the person getting promoted is #1 in something or everything, but if you think about it from the lens of a manager, if I have a team member who is always so bus...
4 Tips for Winning the Prayer Battle
Turning away from prayer means turning away from union with God. Maybe you don’t understand prayer or know where to start... for others we know prayer is important, but continue to struggle with “...
St. Maxamilian Kolbe: A final address to the knights of the Immaculata
I was introduced to St. Maximilian's story by Father Michael Gaitley just over 3 years ago at our local Men's Conference. His martyrdom, offering his life in a concentration camp as ransom for an...
St. Joseph and a Lesson in Obedience
There is something about our fallen nature that compels us to disobedience. We are all guilty of it…except one: St. Joseph (I’m not counting Mary because she was free from original sin). There is ...