There's something sobering about September. Summer ends, school is in full swing, and as we honor our labor (2), we're aware it's time to pick up the pace all around.

The Letter of Saint James says the wisdom from above manifests itself as pure, but who among us has totally pure motives for anything we do?

Jesus’ disciples wanted to succeed. Well, don’t we all? I don’t like to lose at solitaire, much less at the great game of life.

The small tourist town where I live was once a fairly significant port on Lake Michigan. It’s an old city—full of Victorian homes built during its commercial heyday more than a century ago.

There are some who play because they have a sheer love of the game. But they are few and far between. And then there are those who play to win. And for too many, that means winning at all costs.

In a spirit of repentance for our sins, we place ourselves in the hands of our merciful God, and so prepare ourselves for the sacred mysteries.

God is not found in the soul by adding anything, but by a process of subtraction.

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