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Catholic Faith Corner

Living in the Light
of Jesus Christ

God’s Wondrous Gift of Color

Here in Ohio the trees are bursting with gold, red, and orange—one of the best features of autumn, especially when they are showing their glory against a brilliant blue sky. Sister Barbara Soplata captured the scene above by the Chagrin River. One of life’s pleasures is driving along a road surrounded by hills and mountains […]

Precious Planet Earth

In 2015, Pope Francis released his encyclical “Laudato Si’, which encouraged us inhabitants of Earth to take up our responsibility to protect our home: fellow living creatures, water, and air. Today I offer for your reflection only a gorgeous video that powerfully demonstrates how our Earth is worth saving:

Color, a Gift with Pizazz

People who encourage me to get cataract surgery say that colors will become more vivid, especially purple. This has caused me to reflect on the gift of color. Imagine if our world were only black and white. How drab! I remember watching the movie the Wizard of Oz for the first time. The film began […]

Books of Animal Prayers

One question people ask about heaven is Will my pet be there? My ninth grade religion teacher said, “If that will make you happy, it will be there.” Actually the jury is still out regarding the presence of animals in the afterlife. Because they do not have the same kind of souls that we do, […]

The Stunning Beauty of Flowers

During this Season of Creation, I thought it fitting to focus on flowers, arguably the most unique and loveliest masterpieces to come from the mind of God. The sheer number and variety of flowers covering our earth home attest to God’s ingenuity and beneficence as well as his love for us. For your delight, I […]

Advent Overshadowing of the Holy Spirit

The three so-called Advent figures are the Blessed Virgin Mary (of course), John the Baptist (the Lord’s precursor), and the prophet Isaiah (who spoke of the Messiah and God’s kingdom). To my thinking, the predominant Person was omitted from this line up, namely, the Holy Spirit. Yes, the Father sent the Son to save humankind, […]

God Loves You…Unconditionally

Here is a very abridged chapter from my book, A Love Affair with God: Twelve Traits. It’s entitled “Presence.” When we love a person we long to be with them. Meister Eckhart asserted, “No human being has ever desired anything as much as God desires to be with him or her.” At the Last Supper […]

Creation Praises Its Creator

This is not the blog post I intended to write. But then a friend emailed me this incredible video, which I had to see twice. Morning prayer included the Canticle from Daniel 3:57-88, which calls on all creatures to “bless the Lord.” One line is “You dolphins and all water creatures, bless the Lord.” Simply […]

Our Father: The Lord’s Prayer and Ours

Every day I pray the Our Father in the Rosary and in Morning and Evening Prayer in the Divine Office, and (before COVID) at Mass. Often I glide over the words unconscious of what I am saying. St. Teresa of Avila taught that slowly and reflectively praying this prayer and the Hail Mary are sufficient […]

The Greatest Love of All

Today I saw this posted on Facebook: “The sweetest time of the day is when you pray because you’re talking to the one who loves you the most.” Valentine’s Day is a good time to reflect on God’s love for us. We all crave to be loved. Sometimes we need to know we are loved […]