by Jennie Murphy | Nov 21, 2025 | Blog Articles
Dear friend, thanks to this jubilee of hope, we have journeyed together through meditation on the Pope’s message and The Way of the Heart. Let us now recall the path we have traveled so that we may once again reflect on what we have received. Embrace hope, for...
by Jennie Murphy | Nov 14, 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...
by Jennie Murphy | Oct 24, 2025 | Blog Articles
Anyone who has studied even a little Latin knows that the word religio, or religion, comes from the verb religere, meaning “to gather” or “to bring together.” By its very nature, then, religion is meant to be a force of unity, a vocation that draws people closer to...
by Jennie Murphy | Oct 8, 2025 | Blog Articles
Fr. Phil (a Catholic), and Saima (a Muslim), co-wrote this reflection.Saima: I met Fr. Phil on my first day of work in university ministry. He greeted me with Assalam-o-Alekum, the Muslim greeting in Arabic meaning “peace be upon you,” which I’m not...
by Jennie Murphy | Oct 3, 2025 | Blog Articles
“Since I could not be a missionary through action, I wanted to be one through prayer and penance” (Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus). Saint Thérèse is the patron saint of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network. From childhood, she lived the charism and spirit of...
by Jennie Murphy | Sep 19, 2025 | Blog Articles
Our essence is to receive Love, to be Love, to radiate it. When we hurt our relationship with our fellow brothers and sisters, or when we are complicit in separating ourselves from them, it is as if we were amputating ourselves, destroying ourselves, and separating...