Wednesday, March 25, 2026
 

Henry Nouwen’s You Are The Beloved: Daily Meditations for Spiritual Living shares this meditation today:

Tuesday, March 24, 2026
 

Seventh Station of the Cross
Jesus Falls for the Second Time

I’d like to share a personal story.

In my mid-twenties I encountered anxiety. At the beginning of the second year of my graduate program, I was completely crippled. My mom jumped on the next flight to Chicago, and with her guidance, we quickly found professional help in the form of a therapist who worked with me to understand my mind, understand anxiety, and make sense of things. 

Monday, March 23, 2026
 

The Irish poet and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama (Irish as in from Ireland - not the Fighting Football kind :) ) has mountains of remarkable writings.

Today I’m glad to share his reflection on Jesus comforting his disciples. It appears in Ó Tuama’s Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community, Day 26:

Sunday, March 22, 2026

There are moments in Mass each week where our minds can wander off. One of those for me is the Prayers of the Faithful. Look at how the General Instruction of the Roman Missal talks about these intentions we pray after we say the Creed:

“In the Universal Prayer or Prayer of the Faithful, the people respond in some sense to the Word of God which they have received in faith and, exercising the office of their baptismal Priesthood, offer prayers to God for the salvation of all.”

Saturday, March 21, 2026
 

I have a tendency to want to control things in my life – the big, the small, the in between…just so long as everything goes according to my plan! So when uncertainty comes and I can’t see the road ahead, I’m naturally anxious and have a tendency to close myself off or shut down. Can anyone relate?

It’s in times like these that I go back to one of my very favorite prayers: The Prayer of Patient Trust by Jesuit priest Fr. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, SJ.

Friday, March 20, 2026

The Sixth Station of the Cross
Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus

The word compassion comes from Latin, literally meaning to “suffer with.” 

In this scene, that is exactly what Veronica does – she suffers with Jesus. But Veronica is suffering too. In return, Jesus, even on His way to Calvary, suffers alongside her as she mourns. 

Thursday, March 19, 2026
 

Today is the last day of Ramadan, a holy month in Islamic tradition when Muslims around the world observe fasting, prayer, and reflection in order to grow closer to God. 

Remarkably, Lent and Ramadan began on the exact same day this year (February 18).

The two holy periods of fasting only overlap once every three decades or so. It will be 2058 before they even have days in common again, and it will be 2091 before they are likely to start on the exact same day again.

Wednesday, March 18, 2026
 

If you’re like me, when you hear the phrase “pray without ceasing” from 1 Thessalonians, you might think: “It’s hard enough for me to spend just a little time in prayer each day – how can I pray all day long??”

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Today is the feast of St. Patrick – one of the few days each year, other than Christmas, where both the Church and the secular world celebrate the same holiday. St. Patty’s Day is associated with Ireland, wearing green, leprechauns, and maybe enjoying a beer or few…but what do we really know about the great saint whom we celebrate today?

Monday, March 16, 2026
 

In the very first sentences of his very first encyclical, delivered on Christmas Day 2005, Pope Benedict XVI wrote:

“Being Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but the encounter with a person.”

Later in the encyclical (20), he wrote: