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Family Connections
Family might mean different things to different people. You might have a “work family” or a “family of friends.” Take a moment to think of someone from one of these groups and let that person know who she or he is for you. They may be surprised and almost certainly delighted.
Embrace God’s Plan
Reflect He wanted to reunite Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians, and became a Capuchin friar as a step toward that desire. But Leopold Mandić’s health issues and mild personality led him down a different path: forty-eight years of hearing ...
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A Call for Compassion
Reflect One of the last places we expect to find compassion is in a government bureaucracy or customer service center. Yet what unexpected delight to find a human touch there! No matter which end we’re on, it’s possible to bring ...
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Hold Up My Arms
Some days, prayer feels hard to sustain without help. We are not alone on this journey of faith. Others are praying with us, for us, and because of us.
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Small Acts, Big Love
As Mother Teresa said, “Do small things with great love.” One quiet act of kindness can echo for eternity.
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Embracing Our Bodies
Even as we wrestle with the realities of living in a human body—illness, aging, disability, declining health—we also have the opportunity to embrace our bodies as a means of experiencing God in the material world.
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Baptized in God’s Love
In the morning, afternoon, and evening today, enter into stillness and be reminded that God dwells within you and animates you through the mystery of the Holy Spirit.
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