by Jennie Murphy | Aug 19, 2024 | Blog Articles
Pope Francis proposes to us a tremendous challenge this month that we pray that political leaders be at the service of their people, working for integral human development and the common good, attending to those who have lost their jobs and giving priority to the...
by Jennie Murphy | Aug 7, 2024 | Blog Articles
“Today, politics do not have a good reputation: corruption, scandals, distant from people’s daily lives.” Francis’ first words, in the message introducing his prayer intention this month, seem to say what many of us think: that is, that...
by Jennie Murphy | Aug 1, 2024 | Blog Articles, Uncategorized
Pope Francis emphasizes the importance of praying for political leaders, inviting us to join him in praying for this intention this month. In the video accompanying his message, produced by his Worldwide Prayer Network, the Pope reminds us that we cannot “move ahead...
by Jennie Murphy | Aug 1, 2024 | Blog Articles, Uncategorized
Jesus, contemplating you in the Gospel makes us tremble, walk and be with you. We see you speaking with authority, taking comfort and clarity to the hearts, serving on your knees and welcoming all, washing the disciples’ feet, you taught us to share loaves and fishes...
by Jennie Murphy | Aug 1, 2024 | Blog Articles
“Put not your trust in princes” could be the political motto of Christians. Indeed, the central events of our faith surround the execution of God the Son by the very empire that lent its name to the “peace” of the time: the Pax Romana. And yet we find ourselves...
by Jennie Murphy | Jul 31, 2024 | Blog Articles, Uncategorized
The most common risk for the sacraments in today’s society is to trivialize them. Marriage is reduced to a great feast; communion to a social rite of passage together with companions; baptism to a presentation of the newborn to his circle of acquaintances and...
