by Jennie Murphy | May 31, 2023 | Blog Articles
Chapter five of St. Matthew’s Gospel is known as the “Sermon on the Mount.” Jesus begins his ministry in Galilee by choosing a group of friends to accompany him on his mission. He goes up a mountain with them and tells them about the beatitudes, which Pope Francis...
by Philip Kosloski | May 24, 2023 | Blog Articles
On the very last day of May, the Church celebrates the feast of the Visitation. This feast remembers the encounter of the Virgin Mary and her cousin Elizabeth.“During those days Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she...
by Jennie Murphy | May 10, 2023 | Blog Articles
Church movements and groups are an essential part of the life of the Church. Let us dwell for a moment on the richness of these movements and groups. They number in the thousands around the world. There are movements of spiritual life attached to major religious...
by Jennie Murphy | Apr 19, 2023 | Blog Articles
When we read the Bible, we realize that the heart is much more than the a physical organ that allows a human being to live. The heart is the space where God speaks in prayer. It is an inner place from which feelings, memories, ideas and decisions spring. Those who...
by Philip Kosloski | Mar 22, 2023 | Blog Articles
If we are honest with ourselves, we know the difficulty in staying focused during prayer. It can seem like every time we kneel to pray our minds travel somewhere else. Even the saints struggled with distractions during their lifetime. Before St. Francis of Assisi...
by Jennie Murphy | Mar 8, 2023 | Blog Articles
Perhaps we don’t realize it, but whenever we pray, we renew the image of God within us. Even when we pray on the Click to Pray app or pray for the Pope’s prayer intentions, we shine forth with the image of God. The biblical passage that underlies this...
