KEEPING SCORE
Lord, help me to be the unconditional friend to you that you already are to me.
AN UNWELCOME GUEST
Jesus' patient waiting in the place where I do not want to go is an invitation for me to follow him there.
EXQUISITE LOVE
Rabia, an 8th Century Sufi mystic wrote, “One day God did not leave after kissing me..."
PILES
The chair in today’s readings represents the perspective from which each of us views our area of responsibility.
TO BE LED BY JESUS
Pope Francis invites young people to have dreams that are "real, with our gaze always facing the horizon."
SLOW AND WITH INTENTION
Prayer is a true gesture of self, an invitation to surrender and be in honest conversation with God.
DO I SEE YOU, BROTHER JESUS?
Brother Jesus, help me to feel the way you feel for our brothers and sisters around me.
HE DOESN'T KNOW ME
Lent may feel like a lonely desert at times, but it is also a rainbow filled with promise and hope.
CALLED TO FOLLOW
Although I am not as righteous as I would like to be, I am called to participate in God’s dream for my life.
A DULL HEADACHE
Each day of the Lenten season continues to be a deepening of the invitation to let go of any attachment to my own way of doing things.
CHOOSE LOVE
God creates us for love and freedom, attachment hinders us, and grace is necessary for salvation.
AN INVITATION TO JOURNEY WITHIN
“When you pray, go to your inner room…” – Mt. 6:6
Awaken in me your summon and enable me to begin this Lenten journey of whole-hearted encounters.
BEYOND CLOSED DOORS
“Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.” – Jn. 20:29
What prevents me from moving beyond closed doors?
ONCE MORE
“I shall not die, but live.” – Ps. 118:17
The tomb is a special, intimate place of both death and resurrection.
A HEART OF HOSPITALITY
“Come, have breakfast.” – Jn. 21:12
Jesus receives me with warmth and delights in spending time together.
TO KNOW AND BE KNOWN INTIMATELY
“Then he said to them, ‘Why are you troubled? And why do questions arise in your hearts?’” – Lk. 24:38
To know and be known; this is a very essential part of divine love.
STAY ON THE ROAD TO EMMAUS
“Were not our hearts burning within us?” – Lk. 24:32
The resurrected Christ is to be met on the road to Emmaus.
APOSTLE OF THE APOSTLES
“Mary went and announced to the disciples, ‘I have seen the Lord,’ and then reported what he had told her.” Jn. 20:11-18
God chose Mary Magdalene to be the first evangelist of our faith.
ON THIS PATH WE ARE WALKING, PLEASE COME MEET US
“Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went away quickly from the tomb, fearful yet overjoyed, and behold, Jesus met them on their way and greeted them.” – Mt. 28:8-9
Jesus, allow our encounter with you to break open this new season.