The Christian vocation is to walk on water, without any human support, in pure faith, in hope, and in pure charity, even without any feeling, keeping their gaze fixed on God. Raïssa Oumançoff Maritain (1883–1960)
Tag Archives: Faith
Veils
By shear luck and God’s grace, when I first became a Catholic, I was given the opportunity to attend Adoration every week. Because of my current situation, this isn’t possible. Now when I want to visit Jesus, I have to pray before the tabernacle in my parish. There was a time when I thought of …
Institution of the Eucharist
On Holy Thursday, on the night before that good and terrible day, Jesus ate a Passover meal with his disciples. Jesus’ humanity was present in more than one way at that meal. (What a marvel!) This is why we can go to the Mass, to the Monstrance, and to the Tabernacle. Words are exhausted. On …
Contemplative in the Mud 