Rather than finding a dollar bill outstretched, I find His arms.

The man tells me, “Come.”

My beggar’s cup, empty.
My belongings, few.

“But wait!” You declare.
“It is not finished!”
You realize it will never be, for that matter.

The demons they befriended,

Allowing their bodies to be vessels of satan, as they carried out the scheme that he only could have dreamt up all along.

A captivating sight for all of earth, as hell cheered,
And Heaven held its breath.

An image so familiar,
Yet often understated.

CHRIST JESUS - the PHOENIX who RISES from the ashes.

He doesn’t mind her brokenness,

Actually,
He is delighted in her need for His tender care.
[Matthew 6]

And now, He finds himself in the palm of my broken hands time and time again,

But it is so,
For God so loved the world,
And He always will.

St. Joseph - “Terror of Demons”

The intimate relationship found in the family mirrors that of the Trinity. And herein lies the very threat of St. Joseph’s fidelity that causes evil to tremble.

Only with our permission will He step foot into the ground that He calls “holy”.

Praise the King, Whose hands reached for His Mother, & clung to His Father

All as a little baby. [Lk. 2]

“Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me.

I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing.”

John 3:16 — how great this truth is, yet somehow, I always manage to neglect the weight of what it is saying to me.

A reflection and animation on the Seven Last Words of our Lord.

The life-altering, earth-redeeming truth that is the Nativity.

Getting to know the imagery and intentions behind the hearts of those who held Jesus so closely.

Intimacy with the Creator.

Difficult to receive, yet still abounding plentifully. This is the life of the Beloved.

Amidst our betrayal, He still offers us His back.

How the lies of perfectionism can creep into prayer.