September 23, 2024 “Pray, hope and don’t worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer.”— Padre Pio For a year, Linda had been praying a special healing prayer that St. Padre Pio is said to have used. She would pray it for others and for herself....
September 22, 2024 This meditation by Fr. Richard Rohr OFM is titled “The Universal Need to Grieve” The human instinct is to block suffering and pain. This is especially true in the West, where we have been influenced by the “rationalism” of the Enlightenment. As...
September 21, 2024 “So Jesus stood still and called them, and said, ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ They said to him, ‘Lord, that our eyes may be opened.’ So Jesus had compassion and touched their eyes. And immediately their eyes received sight…”— Matthew...
September 20, 2024 The doctor was going through her interminably long checklist, which the nurse had gone through just ten minutes ago and that Mark had gone through earlier that morning online, answering questions. “Did you have any surgery in the past year?” “No.”...
September 19, 2024 “Those who follow in the Savior Redeemer’s footsteps, who seek the forgiveness of their sins, who have the courage to imitate him and to follow his teaching, can enter into the mystery of death with the hope that they will also one day open their...
September 18, 2024 “No one else can give the world what you are called on to give.”— Pope Francis Did it ever occur to you that God wants to use you to transform the world? That’s worth repeating. Did it ever occur to you that God wants to use you to transform the...
