Open Wide the Doors

Humility has recently been portrayed as something of a low self-esteem, or maybe thinking you're not worth anything at all. If Jesus tells us anything in the Gospel this weekend, maybe we don't understand it quite right, though.

Jesus says that He will cause division- and that doesn't seem to mesh with the version of Jesus we all know from the Gospels- does it?

We've heard of the Ascension, and we've also heard of the Assumption. Are both the same or different things, and how does that challenge us?

Do you know how close you are to the Kingdom of Heaven- or even how close it may be to you?

We know so little about St. Lawrence- and yet so much through the few parts of his life that we know. May he inspire us to virtue.

Aren't all things just vanity in this life, anyways? Perhaps not, if we begin to be rich in what matters.

Pray in a way that you may not do already- first, by praying; second, by being persistent; and third, daring to hope in the promise that your prayer can have an effect! Dare we to hope in that?

We hear from Padre Pio "Pray, hope, and don't worry"... but is that possible?