ST. MONICA AND ST. AUGUSTINE
How often do we give up on friends or family members who are obstinate or dismissive when it comes to our faith? This can be painful and it feels like a personal attack. St. Monica (c. 332 – 387) faced these situations…
Month August 2025
NOVALIS BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR
Who doesn’t love summer? It’s the perfect time to go with the flow, relax and enjoy the outdoors. But I have to admit that as the days grow shorter and the nights cooler, I look forward to the return to…
ST. MAXIMILIAN KOLBE
In a world increasingly fractured by conflict and unrest, we yearn for role models to point us beyond the chaos and toward lasting hope. Some people have in fact revealed to us the potential of the human spirit, what it’s…
IT IS GOOD FOR US TO BE HERE
All three synoptic Gospels tell us of the Transfiguration of Jesus (Matthew 17:1–8, Mark 9:2–13, Luke 9:28–36). Jesus is on the Mount of Olives with his friends. They witness him start to glow with beams of light. Moses (the giver of the Law)…
VANITY AND THE FOOLISHNESS OF ACQUISITION
I once read that Liberace died with five furnished residences and warehouses full of expensive items for which he had no room in any of these residences! It is usually this sort of image that comes to mind when we…