Writings for the Journey

Father Moreau, the founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross, had a special devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He bid his community to say this prayer each day: “O heart of my Jesus, make me ever love you more and more.” This was important to him and to us because...

To live the Christian spiritual life is to live a counter cultural life. Jesus’ blueprint of that life is summed up in the Beatitudes. It is not what our culture holds up as being successful. Like Jesus’ goal, our goal is not of this world. It involves a Christian...

Pope Leo in his landmark encyclical Magnifica Humanitas gives us a blueprint of how to live in this technical world now and in the future. With the development of artificial intelligence he sees many possibilities that can add meaning to our lives. However, there are...

“What about me?” A question we might ask ourselves. How easy it is to spend our days drowning in our own inability to bring about our own happiness. How easy it is to spend time regretting the choices that we have made obsessing on what has kept us from achieving what...

There will be darkness, doubt, abandonment, pain, grief, and death in our life. How do we not only cope but grow from these experiences? Through Jesus and, the cross I FIND NEW LIFE. By meditating on the cross there can be spiritual growth. Many of us are familiar...

In our highly competitive culture, we idolize those who are “Number One.” How easy it is to see our imperfections, limitations, weaknesses, and sins. When we choose Christ as our savior, we do not have to deny our limitations. His gift to us is a love and a power to...

Jesus took Peter, James, and John up the mountain where they experienced him transformed, totally loved and accepted by his Father. “This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased, listen to him.” Peter was so taken by this experience that he wanted to...

As we grow in our Christian life, we want to be able to grow in our relationship with Jesus. When people become friends, they gradually want to reveal to one another who they really are without putting on a mask to appear more acceptable. Jesus wants us to be...

When we think of an entrance into contemplation, we think of Mary, Jesus’ mother. She must have had a tremendous openness for receiving God’s presence in her life. That trust was most evident when she accepted the Holy Spirit’s design for bringing Jesus into our...

Henri Nouwen tells a story about his love of the circus. When he was a small boy, his father took him to the circus that was touring Germany. There were lions and tigers, but what thrilled him the most was the high wire act. Three of five family members twirled...