Prayer Lifts Us Up
Ilia Delio, OSF
May 10, 2025
Prayer lifts us out of the doldrums of mediocrity and complacency and draws us into the mystery of Christ.
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Born to Eternal Life
Albert Haase, OFM
December 17, 2020
The Peace Prayer concludes with a simple reminder: “For it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.” More than a mere summary of the prayer’s second stanza with its call to kenotic selflessness, this verse points to ...
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The Cause of Our Joy
Albert Haase, OFM
December 16, 2020
The gratuity of grace is always unending and never expiring.
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Hope to Those in Despair
Albert Haase, OFM
December 15, 2020
Despair descends when we feel helpless and trapped in a dire situation. When hope breaks ground, we feel empowered.
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Prayer for a Dark Night
Melanie Rigney
December 14, 2020
“God leads into the dark night those whom He desires to purify from all these imperfections so that He may bring them farther onward.”
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A Longing for Presence
Diane M. Houdek
December 13, 2020
One of our deepest longings as human beings, as social beings, is to be understood even in our most perplexing and difficult moments.
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A Bold Plan
Pope Francis
December 12, 2020
On this Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, let us first of all gratefully remember her visit and maternal closeness.
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