Posts by Clara Santoro

Reflection Prior generations and other cultures have reverenced those who were recognized as “elders” in the community. They understood that although youth is energetic, strong, spontaneous and attractive, it takes…

Reflection The Spirit is simply God’s self-communication in grace, present and active everywhere, pervading the world.  This basic but profound reality bears repeating today, because so many do not experience…

Reflection We are all endowed with an inner transparency for the holy, for the mystery we call “God”. We are programed internally in the power of living spirit, always inviting…

Reflection The Holy Spirit is at the center of the Christian way. It is the living element, the operative mechanism for relating to God. It is that part of ourselves…

Pentecost Reflection “Pentecost is the wonderful story of God’s Spirit always present, always activein human development and given total and free expression in human form by Jesus of Nazareth. It…

Reflection With the promise of the Spirit who would fill their lives, the disciples were asked to change their life style through a change of heart.  As we anticipate Pentecost,…

Reflection Deeply spiritual persons experience the suffering in the world as their own suffering. They do not let it overtake them and destroy their spirit, their ability to choose life.…

Reflection The distinctions that we make in our human relationships do not apply when we put them in the eyes of God. We divide one another by race, nationality, and…

Reflection The world is not a problem to be solved; it is a living being to which we belong. Theworld is part of our own self and we are a…

Reflection It may be said that we are the product of our lifelong connections, a hub of connectivityin the network that is our life. We mediate and facilitate and communicate…