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...

If you are like me, you can get very anxious about an event coming in the future thatyou feel might turn out to be less than successful. I need to constantly remind myselfthat hope is not mainly concerned about future events but about what is happeningnow. What brings...

Who are the prophets of our times? Are they not those who can read the signs of the times andrelate what is happening now to the eternal truths that are always basic. They call us to reach outto the needs of all of humanity and express these truths in new ways that...

What will the new year bring? Our world is a suffering world filled with wars, andconflicts of every kind. But the world is also a world of beauty, goodness, and truth.We only have to recognize these good qualities when we see them and become evenmore aware of their...

We have been blessed. God has given us so much. Even in the many things that concern us not beingthe way that we would like them to be, what God has given us far outweighs what we are lacking. Athankful heart is a happy heart. Thankfulness comes when we become aware...

When we ask Christ to come in the hymn “O Come, O Come Emmanuel,” we acknowledgethat we are asking God to come among us. But St. Paul goes further and proclaims thatwe are “in Christ.” God in Christ dwells in us.Does this statement have any real meaning for you? At...

There is a connection in all creation that gives us an approach to living. When we havespent time discerning who we are as individuals, we need also to see our place in thetotality of God’s design for creation.This understanding comes from many sources: St. Paul names...

Sometimes it seems we run up against a brick wall when we try to solve a problem. It can bevery discouraging. In any case, all of the known ways forward come with solutions that proveto be wanting. How can our spirituality help us here? In his classic book, “Love,...

Sometimes our days flow one into another, taken up with routines that eventually becomeautomatic. There seems to be no time to really appreciate what is truly happening. And yet,God has given us so much for which to be thankful.It might take a celebration like...

As we grow in our prayer life more and more discovering God’s love for us, we also willbecome aware of our place in God’s grand design of things. We will begin to explore ourrelationship with all of God’s creation. God, the author of the cosmos, uses the Christ as...