“Christian prayer is a covenant relationship between God and man in Christ. It is the action of God and of man, springing forth from both the Holy Spirit and ourselves, wholly directed to the Father, in union with the human will of the Son of God made man. …[P]rayer is the living relationship of the children of God with their Father who is good beyond measure, with his Son Jesus Christ and with the Holy Spirit. The grace of the Kingdom is ‘the union of the entire holy and royal Trinity … with the whole human spirit.’ Thus, the life of prayer is the habit of being in the presence of the thrice-holy God and in communion with him. This communion of life is always possible because, through Baptism, we have already been united with Christ” (CCC 2564-2565).
This section of the blog is dedicated to topics related to prayer, worship, and liturgy.
Do you think he will not come to the feast; the Jewish leaders ask each other.[i] This question in the Gospel according to St. John, is posed by the Jewish leaders because Jesus is no longer going about in public. He knows, in fact, that they plan to kill Him. [ii]...
The time of Lent each year is a precious time marked by both the acknowledgment of our need conversion as well as growing in our friendship with the Lord.
Each year, the Holy Father publishes a letter for the World Day of the Sick. For this 32nd World Day of the Sick, the Holy Father, Pope Francis, focuses on healing and relationships. Here are some excerpts: “Let us look to the icon of the Good Samaritan” Brothers...
“‘I baptize with water,’ John replied, ‘but among you stands One you do not know. He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’ All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.” This place, Bethany...
Emmanuel...the Hebrew word that literally means "God-with-us" is something that we hear throughout the holy seasons of Advent and Christmas. The ancient 5th century hymn, O Come, O Come Emmanuel, properly an Advent hymn, expresses the longing of the people of God,...
He was thinking thoughts of peace, and we did not know it.[i] Jesus is the word of God, His way of peace. In the Passion of Jesus, we see the cost of this peace that made reconciliation between man and God possible. Jesus is the ultimate peacemaker because of his...
Filled with love, Mary Magdalene stood beneath the cross. Despite the risks and shame, her love held firm. Since Jesus delivered her from her demon captures, healing her of sin with its inheritance of death, she was His own. “Slipping between soul and spirit, joint...
“Unite yourselves to the heart of our Lord Jesus Christ both at the beginning of your conversion in order to obtain proper dispositions, and at its end in order to make reparation … offer God the prayers which the Savior has poured out for us in the sacrament of the...
The resurrected Jesus appears to his disciples already on the morning of the Resurrection, and on the evening of the first Easter Sunday, in the evening, He meets them on the road to Emmaus. We know the name of one of them: Jesus appears to Cleopas and “another...
Every February 11th the Church celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and the World Day of the Sick. This year, in commemoration of this special day, patients of our Sacred Heart Mercy Health Care Center in Alma, Michigan were invited to come to the clinic...