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Then a woman said, “Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow.” And he answered: Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.   And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can…

The following meditation is by Murray Bodo, O.F.M, from his book, “Song of the Sparrow.” We fight surrender to God and resist it. Then one day we wake up and realize that letting go is the only answer. And waking up is pretty much what happens. Everything before that insight was a sleeping away of…

I know it’s only July, but Beliefnet is gearing up for their “Most Inspiring Person of 2008” contest. The editors want to know who your picks are. Check out last year’s gallery by clicking here, and then tell us who you want to be in the running for this year by going to the nomination…

Dear God, In today’s gospel, we read about the parable of the sower (Matthew 13: 1-9), which, ironically, was the reading that Eric and I chose for our wedding (it’s not all that romantic … but read in terms of a relationship, and you’ll see why I picked it): A sower went out to sow.…
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