by Jennie Murphy | Aug 8, 2025 | Blog Articles
Step 7 of The Way of the Heart invites us to give life in the midst of the world… accompany this month’s prayer intention with your commitment. Giving life in the midst of the world The vast majority of us may never have the possibility of giving our lives...
by Jennie Murphy | Aug 1, 2025 | Blog Articles, Monthly Reflection
Let us pray that societies where coexistence seems more difficult might not succumb to the temptation of confrontation for ethnic, political, religious, or ideological reasons. Hearts United in Prayer and Care As a Young Jesuit I spent one summer in northeastern...
by Jennie Murphy | Jul 23, 2025 | Blog Articles
One of the treasures St. Ignatius of Loyola left us in the Spiritual Exercises is the practice of spiritual examination. What is spiritual examination? It is a way of noticing the Lord’s presence in our daily experiences. It is a simple form of prayer that invites us...
by Jennie Murphy | Jul 16, 2025 | Blog Articles
Whether or not we’ve ever been scouts, we often feel like lost explorers in the forest of life: we know a path exists, but finding it isn’t always easy. That’s the message of The Pope’s Video for July: a girl walks through a forest, becomes lost, and needs to find her...
by Jennie Murphy | Jul 9, 2025 | Blog Articles
God gives us the gift of life, to live and to love generously. Yet so often we find ourselves feeling poor and disoriented, caught between our deep desires and our frustrations, unable to resolve personal crises or find inner peace. We all long to love and be loved....
by Jennie Murphy | Jun 18, 2025 | Blog Articles
“He who opens himself to the outside must no less open himself to the inside, that is, to Christ. If we want to be open to the world, we must do it like Christ, in such a way that our witness springs, like his, from his life and his teaching. – Pedro...
