Monday’s Reflection Ah, Holy Spirit, I plant my feetinto the soil of the living God.Lord, let the pattern of my life,the course of my days,Be inexplicable apart from the interventionof the Risen One.Let Jesus Christ be the sole justificationfor my life.– Michel Bouttier - Michael Bouttier Prayers for My Village From Prayers for My ... Continue

Sunday’s Reflection BUT NONE OF THOSE [giving alms and other spiritual practices] is greater than to forgive from the heart [emphasis added] a sin that has been committed against you.For it is a comparatively small thing to wish wellor even to do good to, one who wishes you illand does you ... Continue

Saturday’s Reflection SATURDAY MORNINGS we did it right. The rest of the week we ate stale cereal. But Saturdays, two of us got up early and prepared a feast: pancakes, eggs, home fries, bacon, pastries. This week it was my turn, and my co-chef and I frantically scrambled eggs, flipped bacon…, ... Continue

Friday’s Reflection “I THINK I’M ADDICTED TO LONGING,” my friend Daniel once said to me. We talk about longing from time to time, how we are drawn to it, how it fuels us. … Desire can offer clues to God’s longing for our lives. Yet I’ve known the times when it has ... Continue

Thursday’s Reflection MEDIOCRITY IS A SAD CURSE that threatens to suck the lifeblood from many people, people who might otherwise pursue lives that actually mean something beyond the day in, day out of survival. We all know people who constantly regress to the unremarkable. We may sometimes be tempted to follow ... Continue

Wednesday’s Reflection DESMOND TUTU wrote, “Our relationship with God is a love affair and ultimately the greatest joy is just to be with the Beloved, to drink in the beauty of the Beloved in a silence that will become ever more wordless and imageless —the silence of just being together.” - Larry ... Continue

Tuesday’s Reflection WE OFTEN DISLIKE most vehemently the qualities in othersthat we are most afraid of in ourselves. Could it be that in the mystery of gracewe are to learn something about ourselvesfrom the difficult people who cross our paths? - Robert Corin Morris Wrestling with Grace From Wrestling with Grace: A Spirituality for the ... Continue

Monday’s Reflection THANK YOU, GOD, for my job.Sometimes I get tired of the people at work:the whiners and complainers,the naysayers and backstabbers,the bullies and cheats.Then I remember the others:the saints and soldiers,the peacemakers and cheerleaders,the listeners and uplifters.And I am thankful. - Patricia Wilson Quiet Spaces From page 53 of Quiet Spaces: Prayer Interludes ... Continue

I PRAY in many ways. Recently, I’ve tried breath prayers. This is an ancient Christian practice in which a person says a word or phrase that expresses a more complex idea or desire. The prayer is short enough to be said in a single breath, speaking a word or phrase ... Continue

Saturday’s Reflection JESUS TOLD US we would always have the poor with us (John 12:8). He didn’t eradicate poverty or heal all suffering. He could have taken care of these things, but he didn’t. God did not send Jesus to solve all our problems; Jesus came to teach us how to ... Continue