Prayer for Elections

This prayer was written by Fr. James Martin, SJ. I find it very appropriate for this time of discernment for our new POTUS. From the Facebook of Fr. James Martin, SJ. An Election Season Prayer God, I know that I don’t have to get angry. I don’t have to get worked up....

read more

The Jubilee Year of Mercy

The Jubilee Year or the Holy Year on Mercy The Holy Year of Mercy begins Dec. 8, 2015 and concludes Nov. 20, 2016, the Feast of Christ the King The Sunday Gospel readings for ordinary time of this year all come from the Gospel of Luke, which is often referred to as...

read more

Healing the Heart by Dr. Bruno Cortis

Those of you who have heard us will know that we frequently speak about the value of personal meditation and contemplation. It is in this spirit that we recommend a new book HEALING THE HEART. The author Bruno Cortis is a practicing cardiologist who met us years ago...

read more

Ascension and Mother’s Day

Today is Mother’s Day.  But it is a day for everyone…..What do I mean?  Well, it is a day on which we should all be reflecting on how we have nurtured another person or persons and also acknowledge those who have done the same for us.  To single out only those in our...

read more

Prayer and the gun issue in America

I have been aware of the topic of “prayer” as part of the recent battles here in America over gun control following the tragedy in the Connecticut school.  More than once I have seen a theme pop up in discussion that brings God into the equation.  Already the equation...

read more

Advent 2012

"I haven't got a clue when the world will cease to exist, but on this, the first day of the Church's Year, I know that the Lord returns to us every time we love, forgive, share, are compassionate, are generous and sacrificial toward one another. It may not be as grand...

read more

Resurrection

Recently, my nephew and his wife were trying to explain Easter to their first grader.  They said she was troubled by the idea of it all.  I’d say for any child, the image of a man coming out of tomb would be an unusual thing for them to think about, and maybe even a...

read more