August 2020 Prayer Intention – The Maritime World

August 2020 Prayer Intention – The Maritime World

Below is a reflection on the Pope’s Prayer Intention for August 2020 – The Maritime World: We pray for all those who work and live from the sea, among them sailors, fishermen and their families. The beauty of the sunrise took my breath away. A tall fishing...
Learning generosity from the saints

Learning generosity from the saints

As we celebrate the feast day of St. Ignatius Loyola on July 31st, we should strive to imitate his example of generosity. In particular, we can find a way to increase our generosity by following a brief episode from his life. For much of his early life, St. Ignatius...
Accompanying others with love

Accompanying others with love

Jesus, through the examples of the Good Samaritan, the man born blind and the resurrection of Lazarus, comes to reveal to us that he is the Light of the World. His light is meant to penetrate our entire lives and we are called to be “light-bearers” to others. We are...
Cultivating an authentic relationship with God

Cultivating an authentic relationship with God

Learning to pray is as necessary as it is difficult. We want to begin a journey with you to learn how to pray. However, not in a way that does results a mechanical repetition of learned sentences, a monologue that is contained within a specific period of time. We...
July Pope Video – Our Families

July Pope Video – Our Families

The often-frenetic rhythm of life that we follow is detrimental to our family life. This is an important problem, because no one—neither we as individuals nor society as a whole—can do without families. This is truer now than ever during the time of crisis that we are...