Month: June 2023

A prayer for today from Kathryn Lay: “May we find peace and reason to hope in the care of God who has ‘counted . . . all the hairs of your head,’ a care that manifests itself in the love …

A part of this Sunday’s Gospel reads, “Jesus said, ‘Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s knowledge. Even all the hairs of your head are …

Como vamos a ver pronto (el domingo), Jesús nos pide y nos repite por tres veces (en Mateo 10, 26-33) que no tengamos miedo por ser sus discípulos. Hoy, en nuestro ambiente, no somos perseguidos a muerte, pero podemos encontrar …

Hoy celebramos el nacimiento de San Juan el Bautista, precursor de Jesucristo. Tal como los artistas han representado a San Juan, hay dos símbolos que lo tipifican claramente.

El primero es: la boca que grita. El Bautista es la voz…

St. John the Baptist’s feastday today, one of two for him, is a celebration of his birth into this world. His other feastday (August 29^th) is the anniversary of his martyrdom and death. Besides Jesus the Lord …

San Ignacio de Loyola incluyó en sus Ejercicios Espirituales una oración llamada “Examen,” que deriva de la palabra latina examinatio (examinación). Es una meditación con raíces no solamente en la espiritualidad Ignaciana, sino también en las prácticas espirituales muy antiguas. …

St. Ignatius Loyola created a Daily Examen (a sort of examination of conscience) that is an opportunity for peaceful, daily, and reflective prayer. It invites us to find the movement of God in all the people and events of our …

The feastday of Saints John Fisher and Thomas More is observed today.

St. Thomas More (1478-1535) was a humanist and intellectual – he worked as a lawyer and explored theology through his written works, many of which were defenses of …

St. Aloysius Gonzaga is the patron saint of Catholic young people because of how diligently he pursued holiness before his death at the age of 23. From childhood, he had an overriding passion: union with God and he pursued that …

“Niksen” is a Dutch word (a verb) meaning “to do nothing.” It is a practice of just being, and can be understood as a way to get some rest. It can be watching clouds pass by, not scrolling through …