Father Anthony encourages us to use the story of Noah’s ark as an example of how we all need an Ark, a place of refuge, for prayer and contemplation during tumultuous times.

Father Anthony encourages us to recite the well-loved Psalm 23 prayer during times of fear and uncertainty.

Father Anthony reflects on the steady, sheltering love of John 10:11–16, where Jesus speaks in the plain, luminous language of the fields and folds—yet reveals a mystery large enough to hold every fear we carry: “I am the good shepherd.” He lingers on the contrast Jesus draws with piercing simplicity: not the hired hand who serves only while it’s easy, who flees when danger gathers and leaves the sheep to be scattered, but the Shepherd who belongs to the flock—and whose belonging is proved not by words, bu