Are You With Me?
Laurence Freeman, OSB
March 19, 2020
“Are you with me?” It’s a question we might ask an audience to make sure they haven’t gone off to sleep while we were talking.
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Lent with the Saints: Patrick
Greg Friedman, OFM
March 19, 2020
Luke’s Gospel gives one of many episodes in the story of Jesus where he drives out a devil and brings relief to a person who has been possessed.
Be Your Real Self
Laurence Freeman, OSB
March 18, 2020
When we see hypocrisy—the enemy of integrity—we are cautious. If we condemn it—as Jesus and the great teachers did—we expose ourselves to attack.
Lent with the Saints: Francis de Sales
Greg Friedman, OFM
March 18, 2020
St. Francis de Sales was marked by his family for a legal career, following in his father’s footsteps as a distinguished jurist in France.
Silence Is the Greatest of Teachers
Laurence Freeman, OSB
March 17, 2020
A good new practice to highlight, even at this midway point in the Lenten period, is silence. Silence is the greatest of teachers.
Lent with the Saints: Alphonsus Liguori
Greg Friedman, OFM
March 17, 2020
In today’s Gospel, Peter asks Jesus a question: How often should we forgive a brother who offends us?
Persistence Is More Important than Success
Laurence Freeman, OSB
March 16, 2020
We cannot pursue success, acceptance, and acclaim as authentic goals of life, and be real. In meditation we score no goals but we win the match.
Lent with the Saints: Damien Joseph de Veuster of Molokai
Greg Friedman, OFM
March 16, 2020
2 Kings 5:1–15a; Psalm 42:2–3; 43:3–4; Luke 4:24–30
Leprosy is a disease that gets a lot of attention in the Bible. Jesus, who himself healed lepers, cites the story of the cure of the Syrian leper, Naaman, in today’s Gospel, as he challenges his hometown audience with the rejection of prophets in their native place, while foreigners like Naaman receive God’s favor.
Meditation Dissolves Sticky Sin
Laurence Freeman, OSB
March 15, 2020
There is, as we all know, personal sin. We all know our faults—or suspect them.
Lent with the Saints: Moses
Greg Friedman, OFM
March 15, 2020
The character of Moses is forever burned into the consciousness of a generation of moviegoers by Charlton Heston’s portrayal of him in The Ten Commandments.