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There is power and energy at work in the kingdom. It has started off with small beginnings, but grows toward maturity in ways that are beyond our expectations. Its small beginnings lead to great outcomes.
Sister Thea’s work illuminated the extraordinary variety to be found in global Catholicism and the many ways to mix rich cultural heritages with robust faith.
Jesus refuses to allow his kindness to be limited. The need of the sufferer determines when and how he will act. Jesus doesn’t keep office hours!
Today’s Gospel continues a series of Gospel reflections on prayer. Coming before the Lord with our need, our sinfulness, our openness to God must be the starting point for our prayer.
On the level of experience, the true sacred always reveals that: God is One and for all.
Daniel Comboni’s first missionary trip to Africa ended in failure. He returned home to Italy and came up with the idea to directly involve African Christians in evangelizing their sisters and brothers. This inclusive effort bore much fruit.
Whatever the circumstances of our life, repentance has to be part of it. We are all sinners and we all need to acknowledge our sinfulness.
We seem to know God only by relating to God, almost as if God refuses to be known apart from love. It is all about relationship.
In prayer we often come face-to-face with our own mysterious reality. But in prayer, may we be comforted that we are bringing to God more than just our words; we are bringing to God our hearts.
The life of a hermit living in the desert strikes many people as mysterious, if not inexplicable. Yet this is what Saint Hilarion, and many others, sought and hoped for and, in some cases, fought for. They teach the value of solitude and prayer to our noisy and busy world.
