
The Seed of Hope
Albert Haase, OFM
May 13, 2025
Hope cannot be bought or taught. It can only be received and awakened.
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Compassion and Dialogue
Richard Rohr, OFM
May 27, 2020
Compassion and dialogue are essentially vulnerable positions. If we are into control and predictability, we will seldom descend into the weakness of listening or the scariness of dialogue. We will not only be incapable of hearing others, but will also ...
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Extending Hospitality to All
Melanie Rigney
May 27, 2020
“Charity enters heaven when humility opens the door.” —St. María Natividad Venegas de la Torre
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Trusting God No Matter What
Melanie Rigney
May 27, 2020
Gianna Molla was a physician who loved her husband and children. When Gianna became pregnant again, she and Pietro agreed that she would stay home with the children after the baby’s birth. But at two months, Gianna was found to ...
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Turning Empathy into Action
Melanie Rigney
May 18, 2020
“The important thing is to do charity, not to talk about charity. We must understand the work with very poor people as a God’s chosen mission.” — Saint Irma Dulce Lopes Pontes
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Living Life to the Full
Melanie Rigney
May 18, 2020
“I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!” Jesus told the disciples (Luke 12:49).
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A Choice to Be Radical
Melanie Rigney
May 18, 2020
How in the world could a group of women, ranging in age from nine to ninety-three at their deaths, women formally canonized by the Catholic Church for heroic virtues and associated miracles, be considered radical? Because being a Christian is ...
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