· 2 April 2008 | 185 words
From Br. Joseph -- From today's Gospel reading, John 3:16-17: God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son,so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send...
· 2 June 2007 | 202 words
My deepest desire and most longing want is to see the face of Jesus Christ. Based on one of the Beatitudes, my daily prayer is for God to purify my heart so that I may see Him, see Him in...
· 24 May 2007 | 245 words
As one has to learn to read or to practice a trade, so one must learn to feel in all things, first and almost solely, the obedience of the universe to God. It is really an apprenticeship. Like every...
· 4 April 2007 | 105 words
Part of me feels heavy with anticipation of Good Friday. The Passion always makes me hang my spiritual head low. All is His pain and suffering and loneliness. Part of me feels light and giddy with anticipation for Easter. The...
· 7 March 2007 | 328 words
At the end of the movie, American Beauty, the main character Lester Burnham reflects on his life: ...there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much. My heart...
· 12 February 2007 | 63 words
Something today reminded me of an analogy I had once read by Simone Weil. Joy and sorrow are like two sentences painted on a wall in different colors. Most people do not know how to read the language it is...
· 8 February 2007 | 64 words
To see joy in another is to see Christ in them. To see sorrow in another is also to see Christ in them. I don't want to see Jesus as sorrow, but He is there. I cannot deny Him. It...
Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us