SpiritualityApril 21, 2021Jacques Fesch
"While in prison, Jacques began writing a spiritual diary for his young daughter. This diary, along with some prison letters, were published in book form in 1971 under the title, Light Under the Scaffold."
SpiritualityApril 08, 2021Holocaust Remembrance Day
"Pope John Paul II declared Maximillian Kolbe “The Patron Saint of our difficult century.” All these people I thought, now share in the mystery of life not ending upon the death of the body."
SpiritualityApril 07, 2021[Video] Why and How to Pray – with James Martin, SJ
For everyone from the doubtful skeptic to the devout believer, this webinar with best-selling author James Martin, SJ, discussed his new book, Learning to Pray: A Guide for Everyone.
SpiritualityMarch 25, 2021The Path of Humility – The Annunciation of the Lord
"When I am truly humble, I know that I’m not speaking up or doing something because of my own need to be in front. It’s because I know that I am imbued with the Spirit of God and do not need to fear."
SpiritualityMarch 19, 2021With A Father’s Heart
" Francis writes of how Joseph loved Jesus with a father’s heart (Patris Corde) and how prominent his name has been in papal documents. It was Pope Pius IX who proclaimed Joseph as patron of the Church in December 1870."
SpiritualityMarch 11, 2021In Praise of Aging and Passing
The poet presents us with a different way to look at aging and passing.
SpiritualityMarch 08, 2021Help! I’m Feeling Spiritually Dry.
"The first step then when we are not feeling God’s consolation is to remind ourselves of what the Lord is calling us to do at this moment, and then do it generously out of love for God. "
SpiritualityMarch 05, 2021Ask a Priest – The Sacrament of Reconciliation
"Over the years and centuries the Church developed these saving signs or Sacraments of Christ nourishing his people and often they took different forms"
SpiritualityFebruary 25, 2021A Snowball Fight with Jesus
"Jesus is that kind of guy who accompanies us wherever we go. We just have to invite him."
SpiritualityFebruary 22, 2021Prayers of the People – Epiphany 2
Special Prayers of the Faithful for use at St. Mark's Church in Newfoundland.
SpiritualityFebruary 15, 2021In This Time of COVID-19, Young People Respond to Migrants and Refugees
“The pandemic has put us all in crisis,” the Holy Father says. “But let us remember that after a crisis a person is not the same. We come out of it better, or we come out of it worse. This is our option.”
SpiritualityFebruary 11, 2021A prophetic comment on the state of our earth.
The morning office of Readings takes a prophet's look at our earth.
SpiritualityFebruary 09, 2021Bread, Hope and Purpose
As we journey through life we ask for bread, hope and purpose to be with us.
SpiritualityFebruary 06, 2021Saint Paul Miki and Companions
"The leaders had hoped the example of these deaths would frighten other Christians. Instead, it emboldened them. They grew stronger in the profession of their faith"
SpiritualityFebruary 03, 2021The Blessing of Throats – A Spiritual Flu Shot
"“Through the intercession of Saint Blaise, bishop and martyr, may God deliver you from every disease of the throat and from every other illness"
SpiritualityFebruary 02, 2021The Presentation of the Lord
"These pandemic times and the challenges to in-person worship have been a burden for the Anna and Simeons of our Church."
SpiritualityJanuary 31, 2021Into Silence – 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time
"’ve been reading two works from Martin Laird, an Augustinian priest. Reading is the wrong word. I can read a paragraph or a page and find myself in a place of peace and contemplation."
SpiritualityJanuary 23, 2021The Beauty of Humility – Dedicated to all U.S. Officials
"The great Saint Teresa of Avila wrote: “Humility is truth. It is becoming aware of and accepting the truth of who we are.” "
SpiritualityJanuary 20, 2021Remember Your Baptism?
"We are marked as Christ’s own, forever. Like Jesus we, too, are God’s own beloved child. Nothing can change that. Nothing! "
SpiritualityJanuary 17, 2021What are You Looking For? – 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
"What do I really and most seriously want? Peace. The end of stress in my life. Health for my grandchild. Just one more year for that friend who has terminal cancer"
SpiritualityJanuary 11, 2021To Be A Pilgrim: Walking with Your Neighbour
"I am convinced that it is only by embracing our own suffering and that of our neighbor, as pilgrims, that we will be able to live this new life in the manner of Jesus."
SpiritualityJanuary 10, 2021Out of the Hidden Life – The Baptism of the Lord
"My experience of accompanying people through the Exercises is that their contemplation on the unspecified events of ages twelve to thirty in Jesus’ life can be invaluable for people who are seeking to grow in more intimate knowledge of Jesus."
SpiritualityJanuary 05, 2021Ignatius The Founder
"...in the beginning, the full responsibility for the Society came to rest upon Ignatius, and the task of drafting the Constitutions fell to him alone."
SpiritualityJanuary 01, 2021New Year’s Day – 2021
Frances reminds us how good politics are at the service of peace.
SpiritualityDecember 21, 2020The Most Important Historical Event.
". . we all received a new relationship to God through the incarnation. "
SpiritualityDecember 18, 2020No Nativity, No Eucharist
"It is important for us to realize that the Nativity scene is not meant merely for pious contemplation. It contains a special message.."
SpiritualityDecember 16, 2020A Dose of Hope
This event offers hope to us who are mired in these troubled times.
SpiritualityDecember 02, 2020Remembering Joan Levy Earle
"One way that God provides His love for us is through the people who brighten our days, encourage our dreams and offer their friendship."
Daily LifeSpiritualityNovember 24, 2020Canadian Jesuits International: A just future, from a South Sudanese perspective
"There are many good things the international community can learn from being in solidarity with South Sudan and South Sudanese women."
SpiritualityNovember 17, 2020Canadian Jesuits International: A Just Future for All: Jesuit Refugee Service Colombia
"JRS Colombia fully embraces the call of the Holy Father Francisco: to welcome, to protect, to promote, and to integrate migrants, refugees, internally displaced people and victims of violence. "
SpiritualityNovember 16, 2020Christ Horse
"Then she stopped and looked at me for a long time with her huge dark eye. “Who are you?” I asked. For I felt a very powerful communication"
SpiritualityNovember 13, 2020Making Time for Prayer Matter
" We fail to remember that prayer is having a conversation with God the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. We can pray anytime and as often as we like."
SpiritualityNovember 12, 2020The Story of My Brother’s Death
Bishop Dowd of Montreal shares the story of the death of his younger brother, Chris.
SpiritualityNovember 09, 2020Thoughts During Covid 19
Thomas Hardy's Darkling Thrush with its "blessed hope" offers what is needed at this time.
SpiritualityNovember 06, 2020Never Alone
"During my stay in hospital and since I have been back home, not once have I felt left alone as I knew the Lord was with me and had been all along."
SpiritualityOctober 25, 2020Love of God, Love of Neighbour: Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
"We need to find our own patterns for showing our love for God. There are as many forms of prayer as there are individuals. My interior life must be mine, not yours."
SpiritualityOctober 16, 2020Cardinal Czerny on Fratelli Tutti: “A Warning and A Call to Hope”
?Pope Francis has published a new thoughtful document - a letter addressed to all faithful and even to all men and women of good faith - on human fraternity. We asked one of his close collaborators, Cardinal Michael Czerny SJ, to tell us about the meaning of this major document".