It is already mid-week, but there is a verse from last Sunday's second reading that moved me when I heard it at Mass, and it has stayed with me as a deeply encouraging...
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encouragement
Traces is the monthly magazine of the lay movement Communion & Liberation. You can read this month's edition online as a pdf by tapping here, or on the image below....
grandparents
Today, 26 July, is the feast day of Anna and Joachim, the maternal grandparents of Jesus. This gives us a great opportunity to consider the importance of grandparents...
living and dying
a reflection for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time scripture readings There is a question that is sometimes asked to help people to focus on what is really important in...
rise in glory
It was with sadness today that I learned of the death of two young Christian leaders who have died suddenly and well before their time. Lynda Patterson served most...
seeds that grow
The sufferings of this time, are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed. Romans 8:18 One of my seminary theology teachers often tried to express his...
World Cup Final
I imagine this will be the scene in Rome on Sunday when Pope Francis and Emeritus Benedict kneel in front of the plasma screen to each cheer on their own national teams...
meet in friendship
God-willing I will again this year make it to the Rimini Meeting for friendship among peoples. It is difficult to describe the gathering which annually draws around...
easy and light
It is almost mid-week and a line from Sunday's gospel is still floating in my mind like a comforting mantra: "“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I...
think heaven
"We say a few Hail Marys and we think about Heaven for awhile, and then we are almost merry when the sun comes up." Â Â Fr. J.B. Chataigner SM A couple of years ago I...
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