#MorningPrayer Lord Jesus, inspire us to come to you day by day, bringing that in us which needs the healing, the wholeness, the peace, the shalom of your love. As you renew and refresh us in the new life of your kingdom, give us the strength and courage to show you to the world.

Sunday Homily - The Key is Perseverance When change happens, we need not be terrified, deceived, or succumb to false predictions. Rather, it is by our perseverance that we will secure our lives. www.itemissaest.org/resources/su...

Nov 8 Scripture When Jesus says "Make friends for yourselves with dishonest wealth" (Lk 15:9), he is not saying that we become money loving people. Rather, that we are not attached to it; that our identity is not lost when we do not have it; that it does not determine our dignity, character, faith.

FEAST OF ALL SAINTS "Poor in Spirit, Mourn with those who weep, Meek, Hunger and thirst for righteousness, Merciful, Clean of heart, Peacemakers, Persecuted for the sake of righteousness" (Mt 5:3-10). There is blessedness is being the kind of person Jesus was. May we find ourselves blessed!

Bereshit , “In the beginning…” invites us to ponder more than just the origins of heaven and earth; it invites us to consider how the world, society and human relationships can be framed around shared responsibility, mutual dignity, and the freedom that arises when no one holds unchecked power.

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PONDER: The meaning of life is to find your gift The purpose of life is to give it away... The Lord has given us His Holy Spirit to be our Helper, but He will not be of practical help to us until we yield ourselves to Him. In Romans 6:13, Paul urges believers to “yield yourselves unto God.”

Thich Nhat Hahn’s 99th birthday is today. “When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself and it's spilling over. He doesn't need punishment. He needs help." -Thich Nhat Hanh

Sept 30 Scripture In today's gospel, as much as the disciples wanted to call down fire from heaven to consume and consumer the Samaritan village (as if they could 😂) Jesus turned around and rebuked them (Lk 9:51-56). How often we think God is only our God! All belong to God and God belongs to all.

Sept 23 Scripture Jesus expanded his biological family saying, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it" (Lk 19 21). In our own families, there are good people and not so good folks. Am I a good member of Jesus' family? It depends on hearing and acting on his word.

Yay! Everyone deserves the opportunity to read Merton!

Sept 22 Scripture "No one who lights a lamp conceals it with a vessel...' (Lk 8:18). Unfortunately, these days darkness is placed on a lampstand and darkness is proposed as the light. How is true light discerned from the light of darkness? True light is always humble, kind, self-giving, peaceful.

Sept 17 Scripture Jesus: "To what shall I compare the people of this generation?(Lk 7:31). It is a rhetorical question by Jesus but to answer the question, I say: This generation makes racism, hate, violence, and oppression virtues. It makes martyrs out of villains. So, please let us keep the faith.

SOMETIMES THERE MUST BE SILENCE: because sometimes life is so unutterably bleak the darkness so heavy, the pain so pointless, that we reach a place beyond words. words have no currency here, So we enter silence. The big ache The desolation. Wilderness Silence God...

A beautiful reminder of how great God is

I find my memory tiresome...The only remedy I have is...to pay no more attention to it than I would to a madman. -Teresa of Avila

Walked into a Ross store yesterday. I was met at the door by a uniformed officer who was ‘Metering’ who and how many could come into the store. When I asked about this he said it was to keep the store from being overcrowded🤷🏼‍♀️ and to keep shoplifters out🤦🏼‍♀️.

the clown car arrives in the White House briefing room

A beautiful explanation on the importance of this prayer and what it means…so Much more than what we think on the surface. It is a call to Commitment.

We’ve all been pronouncing Bijan Robinson’s name wrong.

July 22 Scripture - Feast of Mary Magdalene While Mary's identity is inconclusively confused with other Marys (Mary of Bethany or the woman who anointed Jesus' feet) the gospel tells us that it was Mary of Magdala who was the tomb (Jn 20:1-18). The name does not matter; the yearning for God does!

Ha! This is great! 🤣

July 20 Scripture - "To Receive A Prophet" To welcome the ‘Word’ like Martha is to welcome Jesus. To sit at Jesus’ feet like Mary is to listen to his 'logos'. These are two sides of the same coin, and both are necessary. www.itemissaest.org/resources/su...

It is awesome that our Catholic faith leaders are taking a stance on policies that go against human dignity. Kudos to Archbishop Wiesenburger!

July 10 Scripture In the readings of the last 2 weeks we see Jesus' ministry focused on the kingdom of God. Today's reading says, "As you go, make this proclamation: 'The Kingdom of heaven is at hand" (Mt 10:7) Healing, cleansing, humility, simplicity, and peace accompany this proclamation. Let us!

June 24 - The Nativity of John the Baptist Often the call of the prophets, John, or Mary, makes us look at them with awe, and in comparison feel that we are insignificant. But our call is not any less important than theirs, only its for the mission God has entrusted to us. May we answer the call!