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“Come to me, all you who are weary and find life burdensome, and I will refresh you. Take my yoke upon your shoulders and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble of heart. Your souls will find rest, for my yoke is easy and my burden light.” Matthew 11:28–30 Every Sunday…
Building on last week’s meditation, Fr. Michael guides us through a litany of prayer needs anchored by the same five most powerful words in the English language: Jesus I Trust in You. In the meditation, he references this worksheet to use: [download id=”16969″] Yesterday’s Video Homily – Jesus says, “Come to me” …
On the moment of his 70th birthday and inspired by the prayer, “Prophets of a Future Not Our Own” by Bishop Ken Untener, Fr. Michael reflects on his life and ministry and the awareness that God is God, and we are not. Read the full text and history of Bishop Untener’s prayer below. Prophets of…
“Come to me, all you who are weary and find life burdensome, and I will refresh you. Take my yoke upon your shoulders and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble of heart. Your souls will find rest, for my yoke is easy and my burden light.” Matthew 11:28–30 When a…
“See what love the Father has bestowed on us in letting us be called children of God!” 1 John 3:1 In 1988, an earthquake hit Armenia, killing an estimated 25,000 people. Just after the earthquake, a father rushed to his son’s school only to find it had been flattened. There was no sign…
“Wherever your treasure lies, there your heart will be.” Luke 12:34 There is an old-fashioned technique that has been used by farmers in third-world countries to capture monkeys who might be stealing from their crops. This time-tested trap is to cut a small hole in a log or gourd which has been affixed…
“Look at the birds in the sky. They do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you worth than they?” Matthew 6:26 Sometimes we can see the value in other people or other things, yet we struggle to find it in ourselves. This…
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways,” says the Lord. “As high as the heavens are above the earth, so are my ways above your ways and my thoughts above your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9 During World War II, amidst the intense smoke of crossfire, a Marine became…
Fr. Michael guides us through a meditation using the five most powerful words in the English language: Jesus I Trust in You. Yesterday’s Video Homily – Care for Our Earth Friday’s Seeds of Joy story – Cooking Lessons of Life
Fr. Michael enacts the story of creation as written by James Weldon Johnson and shares a message from Pope Francis that we are all called to do our part in caring for this planet Earth, our common home. The Creation by James Weldon Johnson And God stepped out on space, And he looked around and…
“Blest are they who hunger and thirst for holiness; they shall have their fill.” Matthew 5:6 A daughter came home from school, mumbling and complaining about how hard her day was. The other students were mean. The teachers were tough. Her walk home was too hot. On and on she went with her troubles. She…
“The patient man shows much good sense, but the quick-tempered man shows folly at its height.” Proverbs 14:29 There are a lot of angry people in the world. We can see that within a few moments of going on social media. Sadly, people often write or speak words that hurt others. This was the case…
“Shake off the dust, rise up, ascend to the throne, Jerusalem; Loose the bonds from your neck, O captive daughter Zion!” Isaiah 52:2 You’ve most likely heard that an elephant never forgets. We usually think having a good memory is a good thing. But there’s a story about an elephant that reminds us some of…
“Seek first his kingship over you, his way of holiness, and all these things will be given you besides.” Mark 6:33 Steven Covey tells a story that shines a light on our life’s priorities. He explains that one day a college professor brought out a gallon-size glass jar. He took a bag of large rocks…
“He began to teach them that the Son of Man had to suffer much, be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, be put to death, and rise three days later.” Mark 8:31 When Glenn Cunningham was just a boy, he was in a devastating fire at his school. Doctors told his…
Fr. Michael guides us through two meditations based on the The Two Standards of St. Ignatius contrasting the standard of the world versus the standard of Christ. We are called to stand with Jesus. Yesterday’s Video Homily – Reaching Out With Acts of Love Friday’s Seeds of Joy story – Divine Transformation
Coming to us from the Fogarty Chapel at Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House, Fr. Michael enacts the Gospel of John chapter 21 and teaches that even in the midst of our sin—and just like he did with Peter—Jesus reaches out and calls us to do his work. John chapter 21 Jesus revealed himself again to…
“For I know well the plans I have in mind for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare, not for woe, plans to give you a future full of hope.” Jeremiah 29:11 Three trees grew side by side on a mountaintop. One day they shared what they dreamed of becoming as the first little…
The official title for today’s story is “The Donkey in the Pit” but the actual story is about so much more than just the donkey; it is about the donkey’s triumph in rising up and our own triumph in rising to be who God is calling us to be. “Trust in the Lord with all…
“…We know that affliction makes for endurance, and endurance for tested virtue, and tested virtue for hope.” Romans 5:3 Henry Louis Gehrig, better known as Lou Gehrig, played baseball for an amazing 17 seasons with the New York Yankees. His strength and success on the baseball field earned him the nickname “The Iron Man” –…