I Can Pray

Bruce Epperly May 31, 2025

When she could no longer protest injustice, Dorothy Day asserted that “I can still pray.” We can always do something to change the world.

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Pray for Me

María Ruiz Scaperlanda May 30, 2025

In intercessory prayer, I speak to God on behalf of another and their petition, be it a person, situation, or a community.

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Hearing from the Heart

Daniel Imwalle May 30, 2025

As my hearing has diminished over time, the drive to listen to what’s going on around me, to truly absorb and comprehend, has not.

Carlo Acutis: ‘Thy Eternal Summer Shall Not Fade’

Christopher Heffron May 29, 2025

When I think about Carlo Acutis, like everybody, I think of his youth. And that inevitably makes me think of my own teen years. The

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Soak in Your Blessings

Susan Hines-Brigger May 29, 2025

So often we get caught up in the day to day rush of life that we forget to stop and soak in the many blessings that surround us.

The Touch of God

Jeremy Harrington, OFM May 29, 2025

It is not a matter of “carrying God inside us.” That would be too mechanical. It’s better to say that we are filled with God’s presence within us—along with our weaknesses and imperfections.

‘I Am the Vine, You Are the Branches’

Leonard Foley, OFM May 28, 2025

Clare’s name means “light.” She is the bright, shining one who reflected God’s love into the world.

The Lord Gives, and the Lord Takes Away

Colleen Arnold, MD May 28, 2025

So often, we claim people and possessions as our own—my car, my house, my daughter. But none of these really belong to me. Sometimes, it’s helpful to think of these gifts of God as being on loan from him.