by Greg Beben | Aug 16, 2025 | Meditations
The Christian life is a joyful and fulfilling journey. However, since we follow on this journey a King who revealed his glory through the suffering and injustice of the Cross, we cannot expect to be free of all suffering. The Cross of Christ, which will always appear...
by Greg Beben | Aug 14, 2025 | Meditations
Today we celebrate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the event we ponder when we pray the Fourth Glorious Mystery of the Holy Rosary. At the end of her life, Mary was taken to Heaven, “assumed,” body and soul. Since she was preserved from the effects of...
by Greg Beben | Aug 9, 2025 | Meditations
In 2007, in his encyclical on Christian Hope, Pope Benedict XVI wrote: “According to the Christian faith, ‘redemption’ – salvation – is not simply a given. Redemption is offered to us in the sense that we have been given hope, trustworthy hope, by virtue of which we...
by Greg Beben | Aug 5, 2025 | Meditations
The emphasis and focus of much of modern life is on self. Many people have adopted a victim mentality. Focusing on their own wounds and grieving the injustices they feel they have suffered, or perhaps because they are seeking compensation for all they have endured,...
by Greg Beben | Aug 2, 2025 | Meditations
Qoheleth, the wise man of the Old Testament, sees through the emptiness of a life dedicated to earthly riches. Since the storing up of many possessions does not give lasting happiness, and since whatever we work hard to obtain will eventually go to someone else...
