Jeanie Hannaman

By Fr. Nnamdi Moneme, OMV, Catholic Exchange - We give up because there are three things that we do not know deeply and hold on to with conviction... Firstly, we do not know who we are in the eyes of God. We do not know that we are God’s beloved children no matter what we do or experience in this life. We are always precious to Him in every second of our lives here on earth and in eternity. Our experiences, conditions, or situations do not and cannot diminish our identity before God.

By Fr. Jerry Pokorsky, Catholic Culture - Among the many Yogi-isms of the baseball great Yogi Berra is: “If there is a fork in the road, take it.” Good advice. Every fork gives us a choice between the way of life and the way of death. The way of life is life in the Spirit. The way of death is the arrogance of self-reliance... The Tower of Babel account is a story of self-reliance. Humans, united by a single language, sought to build a city and a tower with its top in the heavens to make a name for themselves. They failed. In response to their pride and ambition, God confused their language and scattered them across the earth. ...