Mar 2, 2024 | Writings for the Journey
Fire has many qualities. It can provide warmth. It can purify a substance; it can createnew land with volcano flow. Fire from a kiln can finish a vase and make it beautiful.Fire can also be disruptive. It can burn whatever is in its path. Fire is high energy. Wecould...
Feb 24, 2024 | Writings for the Journey
What does it mean to be family? Of course, first it refers to the family of origin. FatherMoreau, the founder of the Holy Cross Community, uses the word “family” to refer first ofall to the family spirit that he promotes among the brothers, sisters, and priests of...
Feb 17, 2024 | Writings for the Journey
There are certain patterns in our lives that guide us as we get through the day. When webrush our teeth, what we usually have for breakfast, and so on, are patterns that we repeatevery day almost automatically. As we get older and even older, these patterns become...
Feb 9, 2024 | Writings for the Journey
Thank you, thank you, thank you. As Christians we begin each day with the realization thatGod has brought us to another day. Each morning when we open our eyes to the world, wehave the opportunity to be touched by a day offered to us. We live not by our own effortsbut...
Feb 3, 2024 | Writings for the Journey
Pope Francis has written two important Apostolic Letters on “Mother Earth: OurCommon Home.” In them he wants us to see ourselves as creatures on the earthjoined together in a common bond. He is asking each of us to expand our vision. It issimilar to what the early...
Jan 20, 2024 | Writings for the Journey
Pope Francis has written two important Apostolic Letters on “Mother Earth: OurCommon Home.” In them he wants us to see ourselves as creatures on the earthjoined together in a common bond. He is asking each of us to expand our vision. It issimilar to what the early...