A friend writes:
I have a question that I hope you can answer for me or maybe give me some direction on. How do you keep focused when praying. I know this may sound odd, but I often experience my mind drifting from one thought to another while saying my nightly prayers. The harder I try […]

Here is a beautiful animated way of the cross by beliefnet.com, it is very prayerful!
Be sure to put your speakers on to listen to the music that accompanies this bitter journey.

Reflections inspired by The Passion of the Christ

From a reader:
Another prayer request for my husband’s sister, Beverley. She will be 53 on Monday. Unfortunately the cancer has spread from a Melonoma on a lymphnode to the spine, then to the lungs with spots on the liver & pancras. The doctors are giving her radiation treatment to help reduce the pain.
If you […]

Interested in Christian music? Interested in keeping up with Christian music? Well, then, here is the website for you: NewReleaseTuesday.com

A comment on the parable of the pharisee and the publican (Lc 18, 9-14)
Part of the reflections I offer have been adapted from a text by Fr. Luis de Moya, a paraplegic priest who lives in Pamplona, Spain. In 1991 he fell asleep at the wheel and was left paralyzed from the neck down. […]

The following is a true story according to Urban Legend debunking site Snopes.com . It’s a bit dated, but in the context of Quebec’s current debate on reasonable accomodations, it is significant :
“This is a statement that was read over the PA system at the football game at Roane County High School, Kingston, Tennessee by […]

A 3-part retreat preached to deacons and diaconal candidates.

The primary purpose of the Global Day of Prayer is to have a day of Repentance and Prayer where we will ask the Lord to forgive our sins, for the restoration of the church and for the healing of the nations.

Time set aside in a special way for lectio divina enables us to discover in our daily life an underlying spiritual rhythm…