Consciousness BlossomingNourished by the dark fertile depth of mystical being, my soul flower blooms – many-layered, awake, magnificent, unfolding, infused, ever-growing. Dew sparkles on...

THE HERO OF OUR STORY:  THE LONGING FOR LOVE By Edwin Faust/ www.mantra-books.com  The Hero of Our Story is an appreciation of the Hindu...

I glance at the computer and hesitate.  The cursor is blinking at me, waiting and wordless. A few minutes later, rather than writing, I find myself sorting socks or organizing a drawer. The refrigerator...

Editor’s note: This article is part 13 of a series, “The Kingdom of Grace.”  Part 12 can be found here.  Divinization is one of the most powerful words used to express what God does...

We have been taught in our catechism that the seven sacraments are the principal channels of God’s grace to us His children in His Mystical Body, the Church. Among these seven sacraments, there...

Funerals are dreadful things that everyone has to be prepared for, but there is no way to actually prepare yourself for them. Death hits us like a headbutt from a train, it turns...

The Devil in the Castle Each chapter of The Devil in the Castle is devoted to one of seven mansions. Woven throughout are Saint Teresa’s own words, as well as Burke’s clear and thorough...

Pope John Paul II was born Karol Wojtyla in Poland in 1920. He lived through communism as a teenager and became a Catholic priest as a young adult. Later Karol became bishop and...