Our Spiritual Director, Fr. Ben Cameron, was on the “At Home with Jim and Joy” show on EWTN recently. They discussed his new book Healing the Deepest Wounds: A Pastoral Guide to Abortion, Trauma and Grief. The discussion took place over two episodes of the show. Here is the first episode: Here is the second […]
The Importance of Making Good Choices
On Sunday, August 25th, I gave a homily on making good choices in our lives. Our readings present us with three major areas of choices: What God/gods will we serve? Will we live for ourselves or live unselfishly? Will we choose to believe what Jesus teaches about the Holy Eucharist?
National Eucharistic Congress
I had the tremendous joy and privilege to participate in the 10th National Eucharistic Congress last week in Indianapolis. It was amazing be present with 60,000 Catholics, including around 150 bishops, over 1,000 priests, and hundreds of religious sisters, all focused on growing our relationship with the Eucharistic Lord Jesus. During the course of the […]
The Holy Spirit and the Power to Bear Witness
On Pentecost Sunday, there were about 120 disciples of Jesus gathered in the upper room. They had witnessed the Resurrection of Jesus. They had seen Him, spoken to Him, and they knew that He was truly alive. But alive in a new and more powerful way than when He was before His Crucifixion. Even though […]
Grafted onto Jesus, the Vine
Fr. Ben Cameron, the Spiritual Director of the Confraternity of Our Lady of Mercy, recently preached about how we are grafted into the Lord Jesus as branches into a vine. This homily was given in the Chapel of Divine Mercy in Auburn, Kentucky. In his homily, Fr. Ben talks about three major areas where people […]