November 11 is the day Americans know as Veterans Day. It was originally called Armistice Day, the day the War to End all Wars simply stopped – brought to a close by the signing of the Armistice between the Allies…
Category: Lived Religion
A Soldier Surrenders: The Conversion Story of Saint Camillus De Lellis, a book by Susan Peek
This is the story of the dramatic conversion and inspiring goodness of the soldier Camillus de Lellis who lived in the late 1500’s, and became the founder of the religious order known then as “Ministers of the Sick”, and today…
A Retreat With Thea Bowman and Bede Abram: Leaning on the Lord (Retreat With– Series), by Joseph A. Brown
This retreat series offers you the opportunity to make a retreat with some great saint or holy person from history. Favorite authors weave the mentor’s own words into seven days of prayer and deepening acquaintance. Find it here. Did…
A Prayer for Peace
On this anniversary of the terroist attacks on September 11, 2001, may we join with people of faith and hope from around the world and from all faiths in praying for peace and understanding. This prayer is from a website…
A Mystical Heart: 52 Weeks in the Presence of God, by Edwina Gateley
Best selling author Edwina Gateley—through meditations, poems, and drawings—encourages us to recognize God’s ever-present healing embrace, even in the midst of darkness. This book features ideas and motivations for every week of the year that invite us to be awake…
A Limerick for Christ the King
It’s nearly a week now since the feast of Christ the King, but today I received a limrick in the mail that was written last Sunday by a member of my home parish, Find it here. Did you like this?…
A Chasm Was Fixed Between Them
In the Gospel for the 26th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C, Jesus tells the story of the Rich Man and Lazarus (Lk 16:19-31). This post offers reflections and insights into the Sunday Gospel. Find it here. Did you like…
St. Dominic’s Insight and Evangelization Today
St. Dominic’s insight that the Gospel must be taught both with words and through the lives of the ones proclaiming it in the contemporary world with all of its challenges holds as true today as it did some eight hundred…
Transfiguration: Letting the Glory of God Shine Through
On the Feast of the Transfiguration (August 6) we celebrate the day when Jesus, having taken three of his disciples to the top of a mountain to pray with him, experienced the presence of God so dramatically that the disciples…
Becoming Radiant in the Presence of the Lord
Thoughts on the topic of prayer as entering into the Presence of the Lord and spending time there. Examples are taken from Jesus’ teachings, the experiences of Moses, Abraham, and Martha, and the insights of Ignatius of Loyola. Find it.…
