by Jennie Murphy | Apr 10, 2024 | Monthly Reflection
I have a friend named Lyn who’s old enough to be my mom. Lyn and I talk often about women’s roles in the Church. Interestingly, Lyn was my pediatrician when I was a child. She opened doors for my generation in countless ways, fighting for equality and...
by admin | Feb 29, 2024 | Monthly Reflection
In the Scriptures, our Lord extends a compassionate invitation, saying, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” In today’s world, the “New Martyrs” encompass many of our brothers and sisters who bear heavy burdens,...
by Jennie Murphy | Feb 7, 2024 | Monthly Reflection
St. Mother Teresa said, “No one should die alone…each human should die with the sight of a loving face.” Too often this is not the case. This was particularly true in recent years with the COVID outbreak, when a huge spike in patients dying in the hospital occurred....
by Jennie Murphy | Jan 3, 2024 | Monthly Reflection
St. John Paul II famously wrote in his encyclical, Ut Unum Sint, “the Church must breathe with her two lungs!” He was referring to the “lungs” of East and West, praying and hoping that someday the Church would be fully united in her rich diversity of rituals and...
by Jennie Murphy | Dec 6, 2023 | Monthly Reflection
This month’s reflection is a prayer composed by the Assistant Director of L’Arche St. Louis. L’Arche St. Louis is one of 17 communities in L’Arche USA and part of the International Federation of L’Arche. L’Arche USA, “strives to make known the gifts of people...
