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 | Jul 3, 2025 | Blog Articles
The Pope Video, produced by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network with the collaboration of the Diocese of Brooklyn, invites us to dedicate a moment of prayer, asking the Holy Spirit to grant us the grace of hearing his voice.Formation in the art of discernment is...
