by admin | Jul 26, 2021 | Philip Kosloski
St. Ignatius Loyola wasn’t always a saint. In fact, he was quite the womanizer, gambler, and fighter. He didn’t find much joy in practicing his Catholic faith, it seems. Instead, he loved the battlefield and his imagination was enraptured by classic tales of knights...
by admin | Jun 7, 2021 | Philip Kosloski
We don’t often think about God’s love for us. Sometimes we falsely think that God is more like Zeus, Thor, or even “Thanos,” a vengeful god, ready to strike us down with his lightning bolt. Yet, in a private revelation to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, a religious...
by admin | May 24, 2021 | Philip Kosloski
St. Maximillian Kolbe once said, “Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin too much. You can never love her more than Jesus did.” Jesus loved his mother dearly, giving her to the Church to be our heavenly mother. She looks down tenderly upon us with a mother’s...
by admin | Apr 19, 2021 | Philip Kosloski
In the book, Meditations on the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ, the author reminds the reader that the same love that motivated Jesus to heal the sick is still present in his Sacred Heart. We often forget that Jesus loves us today, in the present moment, and wants to be...
by admin | Mar 15, 2021 | Philip Kosloski
We don’t know much about the life of St. Joseph, but we can imagine certain things that must have occurred For example, as a loving father, St. Joseph likely held the infant Jesus in his arms. This particular image should inspire our daily prayer, as we begin each day...
by admin | Feb 22, 2021 | Philip Kosloski
How do you view Lent? Is it a long, torturous season, full of sacrifices? Nineteenth-century writer Frederick Charles Woodhouse perfectly summarizes the prevailing mood of most people in his Manual for Lent. “There is a shadowy gloom that broods over the whole season,...
