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In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus asked the disciples to keep watch while he prayed. He came back to find them asleep. “Could you not watch for one hour?”
A jazz saxophonist once put it this way: “Music pulls me deeper into being.”
Though he did not eat very much, Padre Pio found great nourishment in receiving the Eucharist, just as we should.
Having a contrite heart is an invitation to grind down your own ego, which can be painful at times. God welcomes you to participate in the process of humility with him.
I know many of us feel disjointed right now, unsure of how we will ever feel whole as a nation again or engage in peaceful, fruitful dialogue.
Padre Pio was fully aware of his flaws. Often he would write to his spiritual adviser and others lamenting his lack of patience or acceptance of God’s will.
Francis taught that in God we are connected to the earth and all created things. In the spiritual life we’re called to live attuned to this interdependence.
Considering Pope Francis’ debilitating health issues, my mind always goes back to when his papacy was announced to the world.
While things were not always as he wished, Padre Pio accepted what the Lord had asked of him.
Franciscan contemplation opens the heart and mind to take in more of the world, its beauty and suffering. Contemplative practice dilates one’s heart, like a
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