by admin | Dec 2, 2020 | Guest Author
Why do people pray? What is the point of these ritualistic actions? Does prayer affect us and the world? Is prayer just another method used to numb our pains, to feel good about ourselves, or to practice wishful thinking? Rather, prayer, as done through acts of...
by admin | Nov 23, 2020 | Guest Author
A woman walks into a room. She wants to encounter Jesus. She cries at his feet and wipes his feet dry with her hair. All this provokes horror in the other people gathered in the room. “If he knew who this woman was,” they thought to themselves. I heard a homily on...
by admin | Nov 16, 2020 | Guest Author
The hymn Peace is Flowing like a River has for many years been a staple in our liturgies and prayer meetings. One verse focuses on joy: “Joy is flowing like a river/ Flowing out through you and me/ Flowing out into the desert/ Setting all the captives free.” The image...
by admin | Nov 2, 2020 | Guest Author
Gracious Father, you created your children with love and you gave them intelligence and creativity, capable of promoting progress and happiness of all humankind. Send your Spirit on those who work in the advancement of science and technology, so that they can bear...
by admin | Oct 30, 2020 | Guest Author
The rapid growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers many opportunities, but it also poses many dangers. There are so many ways in which we could use AI for social good, but over the last few years it has become apparent that there are potentially a lot of...
by admin | Oct 12, 2020 | Guest Author
“All these devoted themselves with one accord to prayer, together with some women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers” (Acts 1:14). In this scene, Mary is uniting the disciples who had dispersed days before. She gathers and unites the family. She is a...
