Quote of the Day
Pope Francis: “It is for all of us to ask ourselves if one who meets us perceives in our life the warmth of faith, sees in our face the joy of having encountered Christ!”
Pope Francis: “It is for all of us to ask ourselves if one who meets us perceives in our life the warmth of faith, sees in our face the joy of having encountered Christ!”
Pope Francis: “…the Lord tells us: ‘the first task in life is this: prayer.’ But not the prayer of words, like a parrot, but…the heart.”
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Tea Party vs. the Common Good by Michael Sean Winters, National Catholic Reporter: “The individualism that is such a part of the American psyche has developed into something deeply pernicious, a denial of the possibility of the nation coming together, in the form of government action,… Read More Around the Web
Pope Francis: “In ideologies there is not Jesus: in his tenderness, his love, his meekness. And ideologies are rigid, always….ideology frightens, ideology chases away the people, distances, distances the people and distances of the Church of the people.…it is a serious illness, this of ideological Christians.”
Millennial writer Nichole Flores has a new article in America that addresses the issue of sexual violence in the agriculture industry, along with other threats to human dignity and rights: “The rape of migrant women is but one violation of workers’ rights and human dignity common in U.S. agricultural fields. Undocumented women and men are… Read More Nichole Flores in America: Seeing migrant women through the eyes of Christ
Pope Francis: “Do not get tired of bringing the mercy of the Father to the poor, the sick, the abandoned, the young people and families. Let Jesus be known in the world of politics, business, arts, science, technology and social media.”
Two on the nature of faith… Pope Francis: “We don’t find the faith in the abstract.” Bishop Dennis Sullivan: “Faith is a verb more than a noun.”