As St. Francis de Sales said, “Be who you are and be that perfectly well.”

Who’s your favorite saint? Do you have one? If you’re Catholic, there’s a good chance that you do.

It’s Ordinary Time for sure, but you may find that your prayer can be extraordinary.  

How do I deal with living in a sometimes sinful institution? And, more importantly, can I find Jesus standing next to me?

Did you ever wonder why Jesus was baptized? What sins did Jesus have to repent of? Nothing.

The longer I live, the more I grow in awe of God’s creative activity and in reverence for God’s creation.

The Wise Men came all that way to hear the good news. I’ll bet there are a lot of people in your life who would like to hear it too.

Maybe this week you could pray to Joseph and ask him to help you respond to the call of the young man whom he helped to raise.

Our deepest desires are God’s desires dwelling within us: desires for peace, for love, for hope, and, most of all for God. So this Advent, this season of desire, ask God to reveal to you your deepest desires.

To carve out time for prayer in Advent, why not cut back on the craziness of Christmas preparations.