![Humanizing the Saints](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/08/Child-Gius-Sarto-thumb-300x140.jpeg)
It is easy to put canonized Saints on a pedestal. They are the best of humanity, most able to give love, humblest, theological prodigies, and…
![My Separated Brethren, don’t be afraid](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/07/peter_walking_on_water-470x140.jpg)
Fear causes us to retreat into a place of comfort. Humans are fallible and we are slow to trust anyone. The frightening thing in all…
![The Test 3](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/06/0211-snow-470x140.jpg)
Years after my first tentative steps into communion with the Saints, I found myself alone, in the middle of the night, driving through a snow…
![One Body, One Mediator? It's a Mystery!](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/09/pieta-470x140.jpg)
There is something about the Western mind that just cannot be content with mystery. Eastern Churches do this much better, but we Westerners need to…
![holy family escape to egypt](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/06/5381640181_6bed959981-400x140.jpg)
Being convinced of the truth of the Catholic faith is one thing. Living the fullness of the faith after a protestant upbringing, is another. One…