Ninth gift:  Self-control Self-control begins with choice. The choices we make in life will ultimately determine who we become. The wisdom of the Ancient One says, “I am now giving [...]

Eighth Fruit: Gentleness Gentleness is eternal strength. It is lasting strength forged from humility. While the world assaults us with lies such as, “might makes right, “the tough survive,” and [...]

Seventh gift: Faithfulness Today we bury our Sr. Mary Clare Sekine, OSC and also today we talk about the seventh gift of the Spirit: faithfulness. The faithfulness of God is [...]

Sixth fruit: Goodness Summer fruits are unique and a delight to our senses. Take a peach, and hold it in your hand. Marvel at the soft fuzziness of its skin; inhale the [...]

Fifth Fruit:  Kindness The fruit of kindness begins to have meaning in our lives when we show compassion and generosity to those we encounter in our daily lives. Yet, until we [...]

Fourth Fruit: Patience Patience is a wonderful fruit of the Spirit but not so easy to define. We know when we are not patient and when we are, usually after [...]

Third Fruit:  Peace "Be still and know that I am God" (Psalm 46:10), is a good interpretation of enduring peace. To be still is to rest in the quiet space of one's [...]

Second fruit:  Joy! Thomas Aquinas, in his Summa Theologica states that “...joy is with expansion of heart...”1 When I read this, I immediately recall Dr. Seuss’s Grinch, whose heart, after receiving the true [...]

First fruit:  Love Have you ever thought of love, not simply as an emotion or choice, but as a real Presence; an Original, creating and pulsing its essence through all [...]

In 1963 Pope Paul VI designated "Good Shepherd Sunday" as the World Day of Prayer for Vocations.   We hear the voice of the Shepherd as we discern God's call [...]