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This lovely story came from a regular reader of this blog. I hope you’ll take time to read it and to reflect on the love that surrounds us each day. In Phoenix, Arizona, a 26-year-old mother stared down at her 6 year old son, who was dying of terminal leukemia. Although her heart was filled … Read more

I came across this site tonight. I hope it helps someone pray. I needed to spend more time praying today and less time thinking of myself. Maybe I’ll be better at it tomorrow. Pax. Contemplative (Centering) Prayer and The Cloud of the Unknowing Technorati Tags:contemplative prayer, centering prayer, contemplation, meditation

Today’s world requires us to accept the oneness of humanity. In the past isolated communities could afford to think of one another as fundamentally separate. Some could even exist in total isolation. But today, whatever happens in one region eventually affects many other areas. In the context of our new interdependence, self-interest clearly lies in … Read more

Today was the feast of St. Thomas the Apostle. I can always identify with Thomas. Often in life I’ve found myself looking for more proof. Mustard seed faith doesn’t come easily to me. Peace.

In the remote mountains of northern Greece, there once lived a monk who desired all of his life to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Sepulchre-to walk three times around it, to kneel, and to return home a new person. Gradually through the years he had saved what money he could, begging in the villages … Read more

Today following Mass and brunch at Mt. Irenaeus I was speaking with another Secular Franciscan. Sandy McCoy is the Peace and Justice chair for the Kateri Tekawitha region of the Secular Franciscans and she is very well educated and read. As we were talking she mentioned the Jesuit Center of Concern as a well spring … Read more

Let the rain come and wash awaythe ancient grudges, the bitter hatredsheld and nurtured over generations.Let the rain wash away the memoryof the hurt, the neglect.Then let the sun come out andfill the sky with rainbows.Let the warmth of the sun heal uswherever we are broken.Let it burn away the fog so thatwe can see … Read more

This week I’ve felt dry and unable to express what I’ve been thinking about. It was a week when I’ve been troubled and seeking the direction of others. As I mentioned in an earlier post, our St. Irenaeus Secular Franciscan Fraternity, will be canononically recognized on October 15th of this year. It’s been a journey … Read more

I came across this today in my reading and I liked what is being said here. It resonates for me. Truly it is in the darkness that one finds the light,so when we are in sorrow,then this light is nearest of all to us.~Meister Eckhart A year ago I was going through some very dark … Read more

It’s been a busy and fulfilling week. We celebrated my wife’s birthday yesterday with dinner at one of her favorite local restaraunts. We went to the Bistro II in nearby Cuba, New York. Wednesday evening I spent at Mt. Irenaeus. I was part of the ministry team that presented the first “Evening of Re-Creation” for … Read more