Pray: No one is excluded from God’s love & mercy.
Inclusion, an act of mercy, is manifested in opening one’s arms wide to welcome without excluding or labeling others–Pope Francis
Inclusion, an act of mercy, is manifested in opening one’s arms wide to welcome without excluding or labeling others–Pope Francis
Those on the path toward greater spiritual freedom and love find strength in a very undramatic and almost unnoticeable ways when they avoid letting egos and self-preoccupations to take over.
Rewrite a moment, past or present, that leads to discouragement, finding new habits of courage, strength, and tranquility.
Thomas Merton reminds us that “True encounter with Christ liberates something in us, a power we did not know we had, a hope.”
Christine Valter Paintner offers a mediation to soften knots in our heart, body, and soul through vulnerability.
An essay by Brian Doyle offers an opportunity to meditate on suffering and acceptance.
This reading reminds not just fathers and sons, but also mothers, daughters and all those who parent or are parented that God the Father awaits our return from loneliness, anger, jealousy and desolation with His ever-ready blessing.
In this month of Mary, one holy woman reminds us that Jesus is our Mother, too
Painter Joe Anastasi’s pauses in contemplative prayer in order to see the light and dignity of the homeless he serves.
Even in the middle of a noisy world we can be contemplative, accepting our own distractedness.