
Loving God in Good Times and Bad
Murray Bodo, OFM
May 15, 2025
Clare's deep love for God gave her great joy in spite of difficulties in her life.
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We Are the Body of Christ
Diane M. Houdek
April 14, 2019
As members of the body of Christ, we experience the death and resurrection that Jesus did. Everything in our lives—the heights of joy and triumph, the depths of suffering and death—is united with the life of Christ. The cross is ...
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Love Frees Us
Diane M. Houdek
April 13, 2019
Selfishness leads nowhere and love frees. Those who are able to live their lives as a gift to give others will never be alone and will never experience the drama of the isolated conscience. Jesus says something remarkable to us: ...
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The Good News
Daniel P. Horan, Phd
April 12, 2019
Jesus’ death and resurrection express a reality that is complicated, emotionally moving, and yet joyful. Death does not have the last word. And that is indeed the good news. God is the one who will be there for us! God is ...
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A Prayer of Love
Daniel P. Horan, Phd
April 10, 2019
God of community and love, there are many times when we are too quick to abandon Christ on the cross. Like those disciples who feared for their lives, things great and small cause us to fear for ours. Help us ...
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God's Little Gifts
Brother David Steindl-Rast
April 8, 2019
There is no closer bond than the one which gratefulness celebrates: the bond between giver and thanksgiver. Everything is a gift. Grateful living is a celebration of the universal give-and-take of life, a limitless “yes” to belonging. Can our world ...
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Saint Francis and His Band of Brothers
Murray Bodo, OFM
April 7, 2019
Francis was aware that they were a strange, perhaps frightening sight—twelve unkempt beggars walking purposefully along like a band of robbers. But he hoped their singing and their joy, the blessings they freely gave disarmed all fear and hostility.
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