Welcome to Four Minute Faith Fortifiers - These are short reflections, homilies, or meditations to lift you up and support you in your walk of Faith. The best part is you can pick one and read it in less than four minutes...
Creating 'Gaps' For God
by Father Chris Goodwin
I had just finished meeting with a person in the front parlor, and I was carrying the tray that had been left for us back up to the kitchen. On the tray were two water glasses and a dish full of read more...
Fear? Not!
by Father Eliot Nitz
"Fear no one," Jesus tells his apostles.
He goes on to say that they shouldn't be afraid of those who kill the body. Rather, they should read more...
Healing The Crippled Man With Poverty And Faith
by Father Chris Goodwin
It is significant that this man had been crippled from birth. Healing a person who has been injured is no small act. Yet, to give unprecedented strength and size read more...
Trusting God's Promises
by Father Chris Goodwin
When Isaac asks his son how he has returned so quickly from his hunt, Jacob, pretending to be Esau, responds in an intentionally vague way, saying: “The Lord, your God, let things turn out well
The Splinter And The Wooden Beam
by Father Chris Goodwin
“Stop judging, that you may not be judged….Remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter from your brother’s
Peter And Paul
by Father Chris Goodwin
Today is the solemnity of the two great Apostles of Rome and pillars of the Church: Peter, the first Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Christ, and Paul, the zealous teacher and evangelizer of the Roman world. As you proclaimed
Sons And Daughters Of God
by Father Chris Goodwin
Where does a son of God encounter God?
Elijah needed an encounter with God. He needed God as his
All Things New
by Father Austin Charles Ochu
The Good Lord is about making all things new . A new Jerusalem, a new Heaven and a new Earth, a new commandment. In our second reading from the book of Revelation ( 21: 1-5) the
What Do You See?
by David James
What do you see when you gaze upon him? A man acquainted with sorrow and suffering? One who walked among us and taught another way? A way foreign to us? A way of mercy? A man of