“I remember thinking as a young religious that the greatest obstacles in my spiritual life were certain exterior realities, i.e., the people and personalities I lived with.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
“Erika’s act of forgiveness reveals the triumph of the Cross. This definitive victory over evil rings out in the prayer of the Church whenever we choose to live by faith.” – Dr. Anthony Lilles
A Reflection from “Padre Pio and You” by Mary O’Regan During the fifty-eight years he was a priest, Pio was simultaneously a stigmatist. He
“The truth about ourselves and God can only be known and experienced when we stand alone before God and enter this solitude of the heart.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
A Reflection from “The Power of the Rosary” by Gabriel Castillo Their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law
“Nature never stands still. To St. Leo and the ancient mindset, the changing of seasons was a form of divine instruction.” – Nicholas Anthony Shelton
“A few days before the retreat begins, I ask them to pray with this question, ‘Where are you?’ from Genesis 3:9.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
A Reflection from “Suffering with a Purpose” by Dom Hubert van Zeller The act of compassion is, whatever the manner of its expression, primarily an
“Sure, we can suppress or subjugate our emotional reactions. We can flog them with ‘shoulds.’ We can exile them or lock them up. But that is not virtue.” – Fr. Derek Sakowski
A Reflection from “Meditations on Mary” by Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet Let us turn our minds to the desolation of Mary and the bloody wound that pierces