by Nik Sternhagen | Jan 30, 2026 | Blog Articles, Prayer of the Month
Lord Jesus, You came into the world to heal our infirmities and to endureour sufferings. You went about healing all and bringing comfort to those in pain and need. We come before you now in this time of illness asking that you may be the source of our strength in...
by Nik Sternhagen | Jan 16, 2026 | Blog Articles
On August 6, 1965, the Beatles released an unexpectedly honest cry to the world: Help. John Lennon confessed that the song was a real release, almost an involuntary prayer amid overwhelming fame. Curiously, today—when “public life” seems to be both a universal stage...
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 Nik Sternhagen | Jan 9, 2026 | Blog Articles
It all started with an offering. The Apostleship of Prayer was founded in 1844 in Vals, France, out of a simple and deeply evangelical desire: to offer one’s life united to the Heart of Christ. A group of young Jesuits, filled with missionary zeal, were studying...
by Nik Sternhagen | Jan 1, 2026 | Blog Articles
O Lord Jesus Christ, open the eyes of my heart that I may hear your Word, and understand and do your will, for I am a sojourner upon the Earth. Hide not your commandments from me, but open my eyes, that I may perceive the wonders of your Law. Speak unto me the hidden...
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...
