Category Archives: A Prodigious Love

The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines adoration by saying: "To adore God is to acknowledge him as God, as the Creator and Savior, the Lord and Master of everything that exists, as infinite and merciful Love" (No. 2096). That's pretty clear. Perhaps, however, the profound experience of adoration and worship involves more than just…

Pierre Teihard de Chardin called God the "Supreme Someone." Someone. A real person. Someone you can love. Someone who loves you. Not some impersonal concept. Not some universal power. Not some indifferent cosmic order. A real person. The Eucharist is all about a real relationship. A relationship you can only have with a real person.

"Mane nobiscum, Domine." "Stay with us Lord" is what the disciples on the road to Emmaus asked Jesus. Later at supper Jesus did something even better. In the breaking of the bread he stayed in them. Imagine going to church with a non-Catholic friend who doesn't know what the Mass is all about. You tell…

A lot changes when we experience God as a real, caring person - not as an abstract idea we keep at arm's length. It is hard to be indifferent to a person who loves us intensely . It is easy to dismiss an impersonal force that anonymously inhabits a cold universe. There are struggles and…