Do you pray the Angelus? I have a small print of this same painting at my desk, honoring the time when people would actually stop their work and pray when they heard the Angelus bells playing from a distant church at 6:00 AM, noon, and 6:00 PM. I
Over 150 years ago today the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette Soubirous, a 14 year old peasant girl, in front of the Grotto of Massabielle in Lourdes, France. We are still inspired and growing spiritually from Mary's message and Bernadette's experience. Benadette, her sister and
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Lord Jesus Christ, for some reason some Christians seem to lack a sense of humor. They become so bogged down in the gravity of things that they are perpetually tense and serious-minded. I ask today that I may cultivate a sense of humor and use it to help others,
It seems that we humans were created with a hunger and thirst for something greater than ourselves. We anxiously crave more. Some people call it a “God hole’ that can only be fulfilled by God. Even Bertrand Russell, a British philosopher, logician, and atheist said: “The center of me is
O my God, behold your sick child before you. Heed her special request, that which she feels is most important for her. May you, my Lord, entrust to her heart these words: "The health of the soul, too, is vital." Lord, may your will be done in her;
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Since the presentation of Jesus in the temple is the 4th Joyful Mystery of the Rosary, it is an event with which I’m very familiar and hence, I never thought much about what was behind the scripture verses. Whenever I meditate on this mystery during the Rosary I imagine
When I woke up this morning I had the refrain of a song playing on "repeat mode" in my mind. "Abba! O Abba Father". That's all I could hear, music and all. I recognized the song, although I have not heard it in a
An inspirational quote from Archbishop Oscar Romero on social justice: “I will not tire of declaring that if we really want an effective end to violence we must remove the violence that lies at the root of all violence: structural violence, social injustice, exclusion of citizens from the management of
Oscar Romero, was such an inspiring person. He was willing to "act with justice, love kindness (with passion!), and walk humbly with his Lord" (Micah 6:8) knowing full well that it could subject him to torture or death. On Tuesday Pope Francis formally declared Archbishop Oscar Romero
“I know that to do this (living in the presence of God) your heart must be empty of all other things because God desires to posses it exclusively, and he cannot posses it exclusively without first emptying it of everything other than himself; neither can he act within it nor
There are many things I need to improve in my journey to holiness, but one for sure is my ability to surrender my worries and concerns to God with faith and full confidence. This morning I woke up worrying about a situation of a friend. I wonder how the person
“Our minds are always active. We analyze, reflect, daydream, or dream. There is not a moment during the day or night when we are not thinking. You might say our thinking is “unceasing.” Sometimes we wish that we could stop thinking for a while; that would save us from many