The Canaanite woman sets a perfect example for us to grow in faith--that should be our prayer: "Lord help me grow in faith!"

Two words in two different translations of sacred Scripture help us know the heart of our Blessed Mother today--AND and BUT. Despite it all, Our Lady was at the Cross of Jesus...despite it all she remains there to help us carry our Cross.

Two words in two different translations of sacred Scripture help us know the heart of our Blessed Mother today--AND and BUT. Despite it all, Our Lady was at the Cross of Jesus...despite it all she remains there to help us carry our Cross.

God wasn't in the thunder, the earthquake, or the fire. Where was He? He was in quiet whisper. God wants us to meet Him in the silence where He awaits us.

God wasn't in the thunder, the earthquake, or the fire. Where was He? He was in quiet whisper. God wants us to meet Him in the silence where He awaits us.

A good litmus test for everyone of us to see where we are in our faith walk is: do my friends/neighbors/co-workers know that I am a Catholic-Christian! Weeds among the wheat. If we are the wheat we must be aware of the weeds among us. The great temptation for Christians is to blend in with the crowd--to become a weed. We must fight against that and pray for greater friends in the Lord.

A good litmus test for everyone of us to see where we are in our faith walk is: do my friends/neighbors/co-workers know that I am a Catholic-Christian! Weeds among the wheat. If we are the wheat we must be aware of the weeds among us. The great temptation for Christians is to blend in with the crowd--to become a weed. We must fight against that and pray for greater friends in the Lord.

"If you put son or daughter, mother or father, before Me you are not worthy of Me!" These are strong words from Our Lord. Father Steve ties in an incident that happened to him this week and shows that our culture must put Jesus at the forefront once again to be considered a great Christian Nation.

"If you put son or daughter, mother or father, before Me you are not worthy of Me!" These are strong words from Our Lord. Father Steve ties in an incident that happened to him this week and shows that our culture must put Jesus at the forefront once again to be considered a great Christian Nation.

What are you afraid of? We have to name our fear. If we don't than we can name defeat our fear, it will always have us. But if we do name it and give it to the power of the Cross than we can have power over our fear.