by Fr. Phil Hurley | Apr 30, 2026 | Blog Articles, Monthly Reflection
That Everyone Might Have Food There is an old monastic story about a monk who received a gift and quietly passed it on to another brother, setting off a kind of chain reaction. The gift moved from brother to brother, until it finally returned to the one who had set it...
by Fr. Phil Hurley | Mar 28, 2026 | Blog Articles, Monthly Reflection
For Priests in Crisis Let us pray for priests going through moments of crisis in their vocation, that they may find the accompaniment they need and that communities may support them with understanding and prayer. In my ministry with the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network...
by PWPN Interns | Feb 24, 2026 | Blog Articles, Monthly Reflection
For Disarmament and Peace Let us pray that nations move toward effective disarmament, particularly nuclear disarmament, and that world leaders choose the path of dialogue and diplomacy instead of violence. Jesus tells us in the Gospel of Matthew, “Blessed are the...
by Nik Sternhagen | Jan 30, 2026 | Blog Articles, Monthly Reflection
I’ll never forget that first seizure. I turned around to find my sweet baby – who just seconds before was happily playing on the floor – folded in half, jerking, and turning blue. That was the first of countless seizures. For our family, this month’s...
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 3, 2025 | Blog Articles, Monthly Reflection
In this month of July, the Holy Father invites us to pray that we might again learn how to discern, to know how to choose paths of life and reject everything that leads us away from Christ and the Gospel. To discern is to know that a decision needs to be made, to...
