Writings for the Journey

We celebrate this most sacred time bathed in the reality that Christ is alive. But thetimely question is “Are we alive?” Has Christ risen within us, so that we can be a truewitness to his resurrection?What does it mean to be alive in Christ? Maybe it is the inner...

We have seen what an earthquake can do with the upending of many structures in Turkeyand Syria.According to Richard Rohr, God feels like an earthquake at times, in that our encounter withGod can shake the ground under our feet and cause us to give up what we thought...

We would like to think that eventually we will have things under control, that throughreasonable planning we can achieve our goals. Applying this principle to our spiritual life,if we take one virtue at a time and work on it, eventually over the years we will arrive...

How do we make decisions about the conduct of someone? Is it possible to jump toconclusions with only seeing the “tip of the iceberg”, not being aware of all the aspects?Jesus says in a parable that the wheat and the weeds should grow up together so thatwhat is good...

The title of our reflections has been “Holy Cross Roads.” What does the phrase mean to you? For meit has reference to our Holy Cross family. We are on this journey together. These reflections aremeant to help us negotiate the twists and turns we have in life, going...

Sometimes a person can feel “small” when someone says that they have experienced beforewhat you are experiencing and tells you what you need to do. It is quite simple. That personwants to be useful and probably does have some useful information. However, what youwould...

The Brothers recently celebrated the 95th birthday of Brother Robert Mosher who is 95-yearsyoung. He is the oldest member in the Midwest Province of Brothers of Holy Cross. Also,celebrations have begun for the 150th anniversary of the entry into eternal life of the...

Sometimes when we are spinning around in circles at a very fast rate, we become dizzy,and we just want to get off the “merry-go-round.” It might seem that we are really notgoing anywhere. Our inevitable routine finds us having the same experiences over andover again,...

Just as the infant Jesus was vulnerable and his life in the hands of Mary and Joseph forhis basic needs, love and support, there are times in our lives when we become moreaware of our own vulnerability. We experience that we have little or no control overthe...

As a new year begins, we think of what will make this year new and significant. Each ofus is growing older, and we become more aware that our time on earth does have itslimits. Our death is in our future along with our birth into a new realm of being.Knowing this...