Creator of all things,true source of light and wisdom,lofty origin of all being,graciously let a ray of your brilliancepenetrate into the darkness of my understandingand take from me the double darknessin which I have been born,an obscurity of both sin…
The Church has declared today, September 1, to be World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. Given the long, hot summer we have just survived, the planet could use all the prayers we have. This past summer, Canada…
Today we celebrate the feast of St. Thomas the Apostle, also known as doubting Thomas. I certainly identify with him in my struggles to understand our faith. How can I believe in a resurrection when my biology tells me that…
“More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.” These long-treasured words were penned in the 1800s by Alfred Lord Tennyson. They might guide us as we celebrate this day of prayer. Why bother? Does prayer really have…
Today, in a world community united in prayer for those who are sick, we are invited to consider the gospel of the Good Samaritan. We are also invited to join with a world community praying in celebration for the feast…
October 4 is the feast day for St. Francis of Assisi, who I believe to be, the best-known saint in our secularized society. He was born sometime in 1181 or 1182, died 1226, and then was canonized quickly in 1228…
Loving God, Bless this day! Bless our school community and our families. Give us your Spirit of wisdom so that we may grow in faith and knowledge. Strengthen us to have hearts of kindness, helping others so that everyone feels…
One of the pillars of Lenten practice is prayer. Visio Divina (Divine Seeing) is a prayer form that helps our Lenten journey by opening scripture visually. Visio Divina is a way of drawing closer to God through contemplating images. It…
Educators and students are returning to a new school year. During the business of the start-up, let us find a time to pause and consider our own vocations to teach and learn. In Matthew 28:19, we are called to “make…
We pray that each one of us will hear and take to heart the cry of the Earth and of the victims of natural disasters and climactic change, and that all will undertake to personally care for the world in…