by Jennie Murphy | Feb 5, 2026 | Blog Articles
There are very serious incurable illnesses and conditions that are not deadly but last a long time. It is especially dramatic for those who are at the beginning of their lives—for children and their entire family. In his prayer intention for February, Pope Leo invites...
by Jennie Murphy | Jan 9, 2026 | Blog Articles
With the first prayer intention of the year, Pope Leo XIV invites us to rediscover the transforming power of God’s Word, the Word in which “we find the light that guides our steps.” Along with the Holy Father, we turn to prayer, asking that we might be a Church that...
by Jennie Murphy | Dec 1, 2025 | Blog Articles
Oh God, who through the precious blood of your Son reconciled the world to yourself: today we pray for Christians who live in contexts of war or conflict. May they be seeds of reconciliation, showing mercy and seeking justice, building bridges between divided...
by Jennie Murphy | Dec 1, 2025 | Blog Articles
In the last prayer intention for 2025, the Pope asks us to pray “that Christians living in areas of war or conflict, especially in the Middle East, might be seeds of peace, reconciliation and hope.” On the eve of his first apostolic journey to Türkiye and Lebanon, the...
by Jennie Murphy | Nov 28, 2025 | Blog Articles
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (Mt 5:3) This is not a statement that receives favorable press. To say that those who learn to live with little will be happy, or that a person with a poor soul will be happy because they will have...
