Too often we see Christian faith presented as and reduced to moralistic and legalistic adherence to cultural norms and moral ideals. However our experience of life with...
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on the bus
On a bus journey across the north of Italy following a faith-focussed four-day meeting of people representing 80 countries, a number of participants were interviewed....
a place for us
Here is this year's Christmas Poster from our CL friends. It's not quite the "traditional" art of past years, but it has got me thinking. Whatever you think of the art...
Traces
One of my reading highlights each month is provided by the arrival of the Traces magazine, available free online at www.tracesonline.org. This month's cover introduces...
with this presence
Let us ask the Lord to be able to face this terrible challenge with the same sentiments of Christ, who did not allow fear to overcome him...With this presence in our...
present reality
Our gathering for the Spiritual Exercises continues today after a full Friday evening and Saturday. Late in April more than 25.000 people met in Rimini (on the Adriatic...
living intensely
It is a great pleasure and a privilege to be with friends in the Philippines once again. This time we are gathered at the Trappistine Monastery near the southern city...
Francis’ friends
Last Saturday's gathering was a remarkable experience of friendship and faith, with Pope Francis. You'll get a taste of the event in this video clip made with an iphone...
1000’s of friends
The official estimates are that around 100.000 people whose lives have been touched by the charism conveyed by Luigi Giussani came to St. Peter's Square on Saturday to...
living with passion
Just over ten years ago I attended a lecture given by a Puerto Rico born American priest who was to speak over two days on John Paul II's Theology of the Body. I well...
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to dream
no right way and wrong way, it’s the ultimate in mind and heart relaxation.
nurries
Yes the whistlers had worries and anxieties and yet they whistled
with tender love
“go to Joseph” as a teacher of and witness to mature faith.
let’s talk
He is inviting you today: “Come now, let us talk this over.”
the measure
there was a great mid-Lent relief, a lightening-up, when it came to St. Patrick’s day.