Monday, July 19, 20210865Communion. This word best captures my experience of collaborating with Christ in the City while encountering the poor on the streets of Dallas. For three weeks our group of seminarians and lay missionaries started and ended every day communing with God in prayer, most especially at Mass. We lived a joyful and robust community life...
Friday, July 16, 20210666It has become increasingly common today for the lay faithful (and, to a lesser extent, deacons and priests) to openly and publicly criticize bishops, the Apostolic See and even the pope himself. This criticism usually takes place on the internet, and some, having become especially proficient at the various forms of social media, have...
Thursday, July 15, 20210507I was reflecting on the text of 1 Peter 5:5-7, and I found it a very compelling lesson on humility and pride: “And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for: “God opposes the proud and bestows favor on the humble.” So humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in...
Thursday, June 17, 20210233Jesus is always praying for each and every person, desiring that his word would help people in their lives and that they never would feel alone, Pope Francis said.
Thursday, June 17, 20210361There are times when we become so busy and preoccupied with our work, with serving people or carrying out some function — sometimes even as part of God’s work — that we forget that we also need to have time alone with God to enjoy some intimate moments with him. In Jesus’ life and ministry he has shown us an example of what it...
Wednesday, May 12, 20210123Holding a general audience with visitors and pilgrims present for the first time in more than six months, Pope Francis said he was very pleased to see people "face to face."
Monday, May 10, 20210584“What we’d like to do is encourage other parishes to start their own foster/adopt ministry,” said Brenda Nelson, who has two biological children and two adoptive ones. “I honestly think I would be asking for an hour a month. If they can gather maybe a couple other people in their parish and they actually start a real ministry,...
Thursday, May 6, 20210331We celebrate Pentecost to commemorate the action of the Holy Spirit as He stirs the people of faith and removes their fears, empowering them to live out their faith with pride. As people of faith, when we allow the Holy Spirit to stir us we fly without wings to become His instruments, to allow Him to use us to stir others to holiness....
Thursday, May 6, 20210163While millions of laypeople around the world are recognized as catechists in their parish or diocese, Pope Francis is preparing to formally institute the "ministry of catechist."
