Prayer of the Month – July 2020

Prayer of the Month – July 2020

Almighty and all Loving God, in the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph you give us a model and example of family life. In return we commend our families and our households to your holy guidance. We commit all to your love and keeping. Fill our homes with your...
July Reflection – Our Families

July Reflection – Our Families

Much writing about the family, for example in letters of the Pope and bishops, emphasizes the mission or tasks of the family – what the family should do, and what we expect of families. But the intention of this month shifts a bit to what we should do for the...
Understanding pain

Understanding pain

When faced with pain, our natural reaction is to recoil from it and ask God why he allows it. Physical suffering can be difficult to endure, but we have to remind ourselves that God allows it for a reason. Brother Lawrence, a Carmelite monk of the 17th century,...
Eucharistic Youth Movement celebrates 105 years!

Eucharistic Youth Movement celebrates 105 years!

On the Feast of Corpus Christi, the Eucharistic Youth Movement, the youth branch of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, celebrated its 105th anniversary. Below is a video of an event that occurred on Sunday and a letter from Fr. Frederic Fornos, SJ,...
Prayer leads us to have a heart of tenderness

Prayer leads us to have a heart of tenderness

Pope Francis invites us to be an active Church in mission, to face the challenges of humanity and reach fearlessly “the peripheries—the human, cultural, and religious settings still foreign to the Gospel” ( Pope Video, October 2019 ). We must do this with faith and...