Morning Prayer at Bread for the World on Friday was about connecting to the heart of Lent. I often find it useful to remind myself of why the Church began to practice Lent each time the season gets underway. It’s NOT about losing a few pounds, or a time to kill bad habits, or even helping us… Read More Lent is not a self-help program
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.”
I’m taking a course this fall which marks my first return to the classroom in several years. During the shopping period, the week when professors give an overview of their courses before you have to register, this professor spent the 40 minutes explaining to us why, if we were crazy enough to sign up for… Read More Pray by doing
Pope Francis: “Prayer and action must always be profoundly united.”
Sometimes events happen that are so beyond our scope of understanding that we become frozen. At work, all we can do is stream a live-feed of the events unfolding, ignoring work that should be done. We text and call friends living in the area of the incidents just to feel connected, to feel as though… Read More When it’s Hardest to Pray, we Must
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