Daily Reflections
Reflection The goal of forgiveness is reconciliation. A bitter attitude poisons us from within. It robs us of peace and wellbeing and turns life sour. Forgiveness can neutralize bitterness. Forgiveness…
Reflection We need hope. Hope begets hope. Remember, we are people of hope. We grow in hope by embracing interdependency and connectedness, leaning on each other when we falter, and…
Reflection Engaging deeply with the world—scientific research, technological development, social improvement, creative work—is itself communion with God. The divine milieu pervades all things, making every authentic human activity potentially sacred.…
Reflection During Lent we can try to discover why we do not experience silence. “The simplest answer is that we are habituated to noise. We are addicted to novelty, sensation,…
Reflection Today’s Gospel recounts the story of an encounter at a well between Jesus and a Samaritan woman. That they would speak to one another was highly unusual. But he…
Reflection “And what does God require of you?” Scripture asks. The answer is a stark one: “To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”…
Reflection The substance of the sacred is woven into the fabric of existence, and belongs to the deepest promise of creation: that life is not just survival but a celebration…
Reflection We can only live our life based in our own history. To be transformable, to move toward our own fullness of life, we have to be willing to live…
Reflection Spirituality is an awareness that we long to reach a dimension beyond ourselves. It is a desire to know the Incomprehensible Mystery that we believe exists and is in…
Reflection When we are concerned only for ourselves, self-absorption and self-involvement detach us from reality and limit our ability to have healthy relationships Jesus lived and taught compassion. His deep…