Grace Notes columns

Column from Sister Anne Marie Walsh, SOLT Every so often in the Gospel, Jesus asks an unsettling question. Perhaps one of the most unsettling questions he asks is whether he will find faith upon the earth when he returns again. It’s a disturbing question because we have a hard time imagining a world where no one believes in God any longer. What could possibly happen to create such a scenario?

Grace Notes column by Sister Anne Marie Walsh, SOLT The greatest anxiety of our age often hides beneath more obvious fears about money, health, politics or family. Many people can name what keeps them awake at night—but underneath, there is a quieter, deeper question: Does my life actually matter, and what is all this for?

Grace Notes column by Sister Anne Marie Walsh, SOLT. One of the deceptions in the modern search for healing is the subtle tendency to separate the grace for healing from the mystery of redemption won for us in Christ. This happens through an over emphasis and dependence upon programs and formulas that often end up placing the full burden for results outside the hands of the Divine Physician.

This is not an age where we want to lose the edge in our discernment. If we do, we can easily end up in dangerous positions, dangerous especially to our souls. One of the things that is more and more prominent is the number of people who become entangled in occult activities (especially witchcraft and New Age) without even recognizing it at first. This is because doors in the spiritual realm get opened.