Read & Reflect

Do Not Despise the Day of Small Beginnings

As a child I was fascinated by the television show Bewitched. I dreamed of having Samantha’s ability to twitch her nose and make a messy room neat as a pin, a broken lamp unbroken, or dress and be ready for a fancy party straight from her housework clothes. The word fascinate itself means to bewitch...

Stanisława Leszczyńska: The Midwife Who Served in Hell

May marked the 130th anniversary of the birth of Stanisława Leszczyńska, a Servant of God and midwife at Auschwitz-Birkenau. The unveiling of a monument in her honour was preceded by a solemn Mass at the Visitationist Church in Warsaw. Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś, the Archbishop of Kraków, presided over t...

[Daily Rosary Meditations] Hell

[Daily Rosary Meditations] The Last Judgement

[Daily Rosary Meditations] The End of the World

[Daily Rosary Meditations] Our Particular Judgement

[Daily Rosary Meditations] Death

[Daily Rosary Meditations] Purgatory

[Daily Rosary Meditations] Thomas More

Why We Feel Unworthy and How to Overcome It

I often ask young people whether they have considered a call to religious life or the priesthood. One of the usual responses I get is, “I don’t feel worthy of such a vocation.” These usually come from people who claim they are God’s beloved children. If we truly believe that we are children of God,...

Trust and Surrender Must Be Worked On

I was looking at Psalm 12 and was compelled to think about my own tendency toward self sufficiency which, by itself, is an exercise in pride that I keep working on by building the virtue of surrender to Christ. The proud man’s first temptation is rarely open rebellion against God. Rebellion often be...