Category: Reflections

Help Me to be Gentle With Myself

Published by SA Editor on 02/01/2019

Loving God, so many times when I look back at my life, I focus on my failures and inadequacies—all the…

Published by SA Editor on 01/01/2019

Jane McViper is a methodical woman. For one thing, she likes to draw up lists. She was on hand for…

Published by SA Editor on 12/01/2018

I am deeply moved by the simple and mysterious encounter [of the Visitation]….Two women meet each other and affirm in…

Published by SA Editor on 11/01/2018

Like you, I have sometimes wondered, ìIs this all there is to life? [My years as a priest and bishop] have…

Published by SA Editor on 10/01/2018

Praying in truth has to do with opening our hearts and revealing ourselves to God as we really are. It…

Published by SA Editor on 09/01/2018

Saint Augustine was born in North Africa in 354. His famous baptism in Christ occurred in 387, for which he…