Some time ago, I met a woman who was suffering with a relatively mild illness. In counseling her to make sure to get enough rest, she stated that it was unlikely she could do so given the fact that she had young identical twins at home. As we talked, she shared that...
In the wake the recent commemoration of National Infertility Awareness Week (April 18-24th, 2021), I was introduced to the film documentary, Hush (2017), which is a deep dive into the controversies surrounding the possible links between induced abortion and future...
When we think about the gift of creation, we ought to remember that God has given us dominion over the earth to care for it, and creation is His gift to us. Indeed, He nourishes us through His creation. We take our sustenance from the earth. It is one of the...
One of Mother Catherine’s Little Virtue is forbearance, with an accent to “enduring all things.” The virtue of forbearance helps us to exercise self-control and to put our actions into the right order. How can we also put this into the context of medicine? Let me...
After the Resurrection, there are several accounts of appearances of the risen and glorified Lord to the Apostles. The Lord Jesus invites them to touch His Body and believe in the Resurrection. For this third Sunday of Easter, we hear this invitation again, “Then he...
“And behold, Jesus met them and said, ‘Greetings!’ And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, ‘Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me.’”[i] The Risen Lord meets the faithful...
Consummatum est. It is finished. Jesus, our King born to die, now finishes his course. Completing His sacrifice in adoration of the Father’s will, His high priestly act, we receive of his fullness, grace upon grace, the cause of our salvation and all grace. Let us...
“And Jesus said unto them, ‘With desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer…’”[i] Holy Thursday is properly the celebration of the institution of the Most Holy Eucharist, the Body and Blood of the Lord. With His face set like flint toward...
Entering Holy Week, we are called to participate in the mystery of the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ with our whole person—mind and heart, soul and body. In allowing ourselves to accompany our Crucified Lord, we can glimpse the immensity of God’s...
The Solemnity of the Annunciation reflects the profound reality of the mystery of the Incarnation in its first moment as the Blessed Virgin
gives her consent, “Let it be done (fiat in Latin) unto me as you have said.” In her Fiat, Mary says yes to the plan of the Incarnation and Redemption for all of us for all time, from the patriarchs that died before the coming of Christ to all persons who will ever live.