SpiritualityMay 10, 2021A Soldier of Christ
"We prayed the cross would help them be confirmed in their Faith: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again!"
SpiritualityMay 09, 2021Mother’s Day – Sixth Sunday of Easter
"The bond between mother and child is one of the most essential bonds in our lives, probably the most essential. "
SpiritualityMay 08, 2021What should we do? How groups make good decisions using discernment in common
" “Community discernment offers a wonderful opportunity for open and honest communication and active listening, becoming aware of the movements within us, without ‘preparing a response.’ "
SpiritualityMay 06, 2021Saint Francois de Laval
"When Laval died in 1708, one of his contemporaries described him as “a shepherd filled with the spirit of the apostles."
SpiritualityMay 05, 2021Triumph of the Resurrection
"The story of Jesus’ passion is not an attempt to answer the question ‘Why do people have to suffer?’ It does, however, proclaim a fundamental truth. Jesus did not come to prevent human suffering, but rather to consume it with his presence."
SpiritualityMay 02, 2021The True Vine – Fifth Sunday in Easter
"Jesus speaks of the need for us to stay rooted in him. “Cut off from me you can do nothing.” Jesus is telling us that the very core of our existence is to be connected with him."
SpiritualityApril 29, 2021Hovering with the Hair Gelled cat
"Maybe God is where the time is taken to understand that a photo, a glimpse of an experience, will not do."
SpiritualityApril 24, 2021Restor(y)ing Creation: A good-night story for Earth Day Eve [Video Story]
This week, Fr. Kennedy SJ, presented on the meaning of Earth day and drew from his book Reupholstered Psalms: Ancient Songs Sung New.
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."