Prayer

Pilgrims in Rome | Photo by Chris Czermak on Unsplash

Restless Hearts Fixed on God

I spend my last night of my pilgrimage to Italy on the balcony of my hotel room drinking wine and looking up at a heavy sky.

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man standing still in rush hour.

What’s In a Name?

Too often, the fast-paced haze of life has us whirling at a speed where we feel like we’re moving so quickly from one thing to the next.
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Brother wind and air

Brother Wind and Air

Father Murray recently wrote his 12th book of poetry, Brother Wind and Air: A Lifetime in Verse, which is the focus of this episode.
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group of people walking and fleeing

Pray for Asylum Seekers

It takes grit to cross a border for a better life, irrespective of laws. Asylum seekers are God's beloved, too.
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Purgatory and Life

I read somewhere a theory that after death we live our lives over again to see the sins we committed, the people we hurt, and that impact on others. At my advanced age, I am constantly recalling various times in ...
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Psalms image | Photo by Lilian Dibbern on Unsplash

A Franciscan Celebration of the Psalms

What makes the Psalms so powerful for us Christians is that they are prayers in God’s own words.
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woman standing in front of a vending machine

God’s Work in Us

Let yourself pray without asking God for “something that I want.”
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