“O Beauty Ever Ancient, Ever New” (St. Augustine)
"In these prayers and memories I thanked God for this beauty that reminds us of God’s own goodness."...
"In these prayers and memories I thanked God for this beauty that reminds us of God’s own goodness."...
"“Mystics encounter and embody the presence of God in profound and life-changing ways""...
"It’s easy to stay inside. It is easy to get comfortable, and not seek what God is actually asking. "...
"We bring our real lives to the Mass. And, we are blessed and dismissed (missioned) to live the Gospel with our lives."...
"Contemplation is the grace of being able to see that God is united to creation and that we are all one. Thus we are not seeking a union with God, but an awareness of at union with God and with one another.."...
" pray you recall your being “sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit”. I pray you recognize today the presence of the Holy Spirit working in your lives and in those around you! "...
" But though I do not see and though I do not understand, I do believe. And I bank my whole life on that belief."...
This is the conclusions of the special four part series on the papacy in the 20th century....
The third part of this special series on 20th century popes looks at their tribulations....
The second of this special four part series looks at the successes of the 20th century papacy.....