by Greg Beben | Aug 30, 2025 | Meditations
The readings throughout this week will return again and again to the theme of humility. Why should we be humble? Not because we have no regard for ourselves, but rather because God thinks so highly of us. Despite our unworthiness, God means to exalt us beyond anything...
by Greg Beben | Aug 23, 2025 | Meditations
Those who travel by commercial airlines these days are aware that, in order to be admitted, one must have photo identification, pass through a body scanner, and not be named on a terrorist watch list. But what are the requirements for admission to the Kingdom of God?...
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,...
