MEMORIAL OF SAINT BONAVENTURE, BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH from Sister Catherine McAuley, Irish, Foundress of the Sisters of Mercy, in a letter to another sister, Dec 1840 I think sometimes our passage through this dear sweet world is something like the dance called Right and Left. You and I have crossed over, changed places, etc., […]
MEMORIAL OF SAINT KATERI TEKAKWITHA, VIRGIN O Saint Kateri, Lily of the Mohawks, Your love for Jesus, so strong, so steadfast, pray that we may become like you. Your short and painful life showed us your strength and humility. Pray that we may become forever humble like you. Like the bright and shining stars at […]
TUESDAY OF THE FIFTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME from Father Henri Nouwen’s Clowning in Rome All nature conceals its great secrets and cannot reveal its hidden wisdom and profound beauty if we do not listen carefully and patiently. [Saint] John Henry [Cardinal] Newman sees nature as a veil through which an invisible world is intimated. He writes: The […]
MONDAY OF THE FIFTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME from Father Henri Nouwen’s Clowning in Rome In recent decades we have become particularly aware of the crucial importance of our relationship with nature. As long as we relate to the trees, the river, the mountains, the fields, and the oceans as properties to be manipulated by […]
With guest columnist Mary Ann Otto, St. Mary Minister of Missionary Discipleship I BELIEVE IN… I was raised at a time when parents would dictate what radio stations and yes, vinyl records we would listen to in the general areas of our home. Thus, I was raised on country music from a young age and […]
FRIDAY OF THE FOURTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME from Father Henri Nouwen’s A Cry for Mercy I just returned from a walk through the dark woods. It was cool and windy, but everything spoke of you. Everything: the clouds, the trees, the wet grass, the valley with its distant lights, the sound of the wind. They all […]
THURSDAY OF THE FOURTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME July by Henrietta Cordella Ray Sunshine and shadow play amid the trees In bosky groves, while from the vivid sky The sun’s gold arrows fleck the fields at noon, Where weary cattle to their slumber hie, How sweet the music of the purling rill, Trickling adown the […]
WEDNESDAY OF THE FOURTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME With the Lark by Charles Laurence Dunbar Night is for sorrow and dawn is for joy, Chasing the troubles that fret and annoy; Darkness for sighing and daylight for song, – Cheery and chaste the strain, heartfelt and strong. All the night through, though I moan in the […]
TUESDAY OF THE FOURTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME from Dante Stewart’s Twitter Thread Christian faith would be so much healthier if we didn’t see our faith as a war to be won or people as enemies but as worlds to be explored and people to be loved. What if we saw our faith as joining […]
MONDAY OF THE FOURTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Bishop John Stowe, OFM Conv, Shepherd of the Diocese of Lexington, KY, offered this Opening Prayer at the Outreach 2021 LGBTQ Catholic Ministry Conference on Saturday, June 26. The Conference format was a webinar. All loving Creator, who reveal your power in mercy and compassion, look upon […]
