" find up here the same longing and hunger that brings others to retreats at spirituality centres. It’s a longing for peace, healed relationships, personal spiritual strength to handle difficult situations, and wisdom to make prudent decisions."...
"To sit outside dressed in clerical attire is an invitation to conversation with visitors, many of them of a spiritual nature. "...
A spring day at the English Garden in Assiniboine Park, Winnipeg, inspired this canticle from the poet/...
"Cardinal Nguyen was simply trying to be a Christian in a Communist country in the twentieth century."...
"Whenever I am asked what I am most grateful for as a Jesuit and a priest, I immediately reflect on the freedom that I sometimes have the privilege of seeing in others through my ministry. "...
“Mary is the mother of the members of Christ, because with charity she cooperated in the rebirth of the faithful into the Church.”...
At the time of our Confirmation, we hear reference to the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. This is a traditional list that comes from the early church. The seven are good to reflect on from time to time....
"Ramadan is a required observance for most Muslims, taking believers on a path to righteousness."...
This post is longer than our usual posts. Lent and Easter are both long gone. Yet one person's experience of a social media fast is important and worth reading. Reposted with permission from Neo(un)Orthodoxy....