May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. –Romans 15.13 In the past I have been told that I am an [...]
“Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 “Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfil the law of Christ.” [...]
Life is not made up of crises. Life is made up of little things we love to ignore in order to get on to the exciting things in life. But God is in the details. God is in what it takes in us to be [...]
“I have discovered over time that the cross is supposed to take its toll on us. It forms us to find God in the shadows of life. Ironically enough, it is the cross that teaches us hope. When we [...]
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God. Psalm 42:11 Surely there is a future, and your hope will [...]
Christian life is not sustained only by private acts of prayer, justice and virtue. It is sustained in community by gathering ritually around the Word of God and through the breaking of the [...]
To pray, I think, does not mean to think about God in contrast to thinking about other things or to spend time with God instead of spending time with other people. Rather, it means to think and [...]
“If you have ever felt yourself aging and losing both the health and tautness of a young body and the opportunities that come with that and been powerless to turn back the clock. If you have ever [...]
“What Jesus wants from us is not admiration but imitation.“ Ronald Rolheiser In my article for the last Messenger, I mentioned the book “The Holy [...]
