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Reflect Our life’s pilgrimage can get muddied rather easily with expectations, opinions, and norms of society. St. Francis is a great example of how to “unbecome” things of this world so that we can become who God made us to ...

Reflect “I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved…” Today let the words of John 10:9 give you comfort along the way. Pray God, this morning I’m struck by my words to you:How they’re the same today ...

Reflect Sometimes my worry about the people I love manifests itself as a desire to control their choices or influence their behavior. I try to keep them safe in a bubble of my own design. Pray Dear Lord, it is ...

Reflect We live in a world of constant stimulation. The endless barrage from the 24-hour news cycle, social media posts, streaming programs and so forth, seek to keep our eyes glued at all times. Yet we still get bored. This prayer ...

Reflect Epaphroditus is one of those biblical Christians from Philippi who seemed to be full of joy and brought cheer to St. Paul. Actually, the words joy and rejoice(s) appear 15 times in this short letter! Epaphroditus brought joy by ...

Reflect He came to the United States with little beyond the certainty that he was meant to be a priest–something he couldn’t do in his native Czechoslovakia because of an oversupply. John Neumann (1811-1860) was ordained less than a month ...