Years ago, a ship was caught in a violent storm. Everyone on board was filled with fear. The captain had his young son with him on the ship. In the middle of all the panic, someone noticed how calm the boy was. While the others were frightened, he sat quietly playing with his wooden toy. So the man went over to him and asked, “Son, how can you be so calm in this storm? Aren’t you afraid of what might happen?” The boy looked at him with the calm confidence only a child can hav

Fear and faith have something in common: they both ask us to believe in something we cannot yet see. The difference is which one we choose to trust. Fear believes in the worst that could happen. Faith believes in the best that God can make happen. In the Scriptures, when Moses sent twelve men to scout the Promised Land, ten came back with fear. They saw giants and said, “We felt like grasshoppers in our own eyes” (Numbers 13:33). That is what fear does. It magnifies the probl

Sometimes we imagine heaven as far away. When we pray, “Our Father, who art in heaven,” or hear that Jesus ascended into heaven, we may picture God as distant, beyond our reach. But today, as we celebrate the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Church reminds us of a beautiful truth: Christ rises to the Father, yet remains close to His people. Forty days after His glorious Resurrection, the disciples watched Him ascend into heaven. Before He went up, He gave them a promis