How to live in a eucharistic way

How to live in a eucharistic way

Many ask me what it means to live in a eucharistic way. One book that marked my experience of the Eucharist was, “With Burning Hearts,” by Henri Nouwen. If you haven’t read it, don’t miss it. I am going to share with you some ideas that I remember...
Prayer in your daily life

Prayer in your daily life

In a certain sense it is possible to say, “Every place is a temple to find God and pray to the Father.” Furthermore, if we believe that every person is a temple where God dwells, we can honor God by the respect we show to each individual person. However,...
How Lent challenges us to be stewards of creation

How Lent challenges us to be stewards of creation

In Pope Francis’ Message for Lent in 2019, he focused on God’s creation and how it is connected to our celebration of Lent. It is important to recall our mistreatment of creation and how we can help renew it. Easter reminds us that Jesus enters into our lives and...
Prayer in my daily life

Prayer in my daily life

“Loving God in all things, and all things in him.” (St. Ignatius of Loyola) To become men and women of prayer, let us meditate on this phrase of St. Ignatius of Loyola: “Consider how God works and labors for me in creatures…that is, he conducts himself as one who...
The Way of the Heart with Mary

The Way of the Heart with Mary

Through sin we have turned away from the paths of God’s love and his mission for humanity. By doing so we often lose consciousness of our true identity as a child of God, seeking our own personal greatness above the interests of other people. Mary, on the other...
Creating a daily habit of prayer

Creating a daily habit of prayer

I remember that, as a teenager, our weekly meeting in the Eucharistic Youth Movement (EYM) always began, after the daily offering, with a review of how our week had gone and whether or not we were able to do the three moments of prayer proposed by the EYM. That weekly...