The Usefulness Trap
"To be useful, serve," Saint Josemaria wrote. What does that mean for Christians who want to make a difference in the world? How do we avoid the danger of perfectionism?
Friends
A fill-in-the-blank prayer guide with questions to inspire your personal conversation with God when you want to pray for your friends.
Looking at Jesus' Face
With a little imagination, we can put ourselves in Veronica's shoes. She overcame her shame and fear to comfort Jesus on the way to Calvary.
Have You No Faith?
Before the sorrow and scandal of the Cross, we have Jesus’s silence: silence and a promise. “Behold your Mother,” He told John, promising that we would always have Mary’s example of faith and love.
At Home in Bethany
Mary, Martha, and Lazarus are tense as they start to worry that something big is going to happen in the next few days.
The Donkey on Palm Sunday
Why would Jesus choose a donkey to accompany him in his triumphant entry into Jerusalem? Why not a beautiful horse? Using a bit of imagination, we delve into the character of the donkey to experience this scene from the Gospel as another character.
An Important Intention
A fill-in-the-blank prayer guide with questions to inspire your personal conversation with God when you want to ask for something that really matters to you.
Work
A fill-in-the-blank prayer guide with questions to inspire your personal conversation with God when you want to talk to him about your work.
What a Coin is Worth
This time we’re going to put ourselves in Matthew’s shoes. He was the apostle who left his job and his life as a tax collector to follow Jesus from the day He called him to the day he died.
The Evening of the Last Supper
“We all took our places at the table. The mood was bittersweet,” Peter says in this dramatized account of the apostles’ feelings at the Last Supper.