February 23, 2026
Joy is a Divine Gift
The joy that Jesus offers his disciples is his own joy, which flows from his intimate communion with the One who sent him.
February 22, 2026
How Fear Destroys
Fear can make us into wanderers who go from one place to another without direction or goal.
February 21, 2026
God is Pure Life
Joy is essentially ecstatic since it moves out of the place of death, which is rigid and fixed, and into the place of life, which is new and surprising….
February 20, 2026
Joy is Always New
The word “ecstasy “helps us to understand more fully, the joy that Jesus offers.
February 19, 2026
True Peacemaking
If giving, and receiving the fruits of God’s intimate love for all people were our main concern, peace would be near.
February 18, 2026
Becoming a Receiver
We who live in the illusion of control and self-sufficiency must learn true joy, peace, forgiveness, and love from our poor brothers and sisters…
February 17, 2026
Bringing & Receiving the Gifts of God
One of the most compelling qualities of life in the spirit of Jesus is that we are always being sent out to bring and receive the gifts of God to and from all peoples and nations.
February 16, 2026
Rooted in the First Love
When we are no longer dominated by fear and have experienced the first love of God, we no longer need to know from moment to moment what is going to happen.
February 15, 2026
A Spirit of Gratitude
Life loses its dynamism and exuberance when everything that happens to us is viewed as a predictable result of predictable actions…..
February 14, 2026
Learning to Be
I may have come to the theoretical insight that being is more important than doing, but when asked to just be with people who can do very little, I realize how far I am from the realization of that insight.
February 13, 2026
Called to be Fruitful
In our contemporary society, with its emphasis on accomplishment and success, we often live as if being productive is the same as being fruitful.
February 12, 2026
Holy Contagiousness
Countless people experience their existence as dull, boring, stagnant, and routine. They lack vitality, a deep desire to be alive.
February 11, 2026
The Intimacy of God’s House
Living in the intimacy of God‘s house, we gradually come to know the mysterious truth that the God who loves us with a perfect love, includes all people in that love without diminishing in any way the unique quality of God‘s love for each individual person.
February 10, 2026
Belonging to All Humanity
The mystery of the incarnation reveals to us the spiritual dimension of human solidarity.
February 9, 2026
A Fearless Space
God alone is free enough from wounds to offer us a fearless space.
February 8, 2026
The First Love
The first love says: “You are loved long before other people can love you or you can love others.
February 7, 2026
Intimacy with God
By entering into the intimacy of our inner most self, Jesus offers us the opportunity to enter into his own intimacy with God.
February 6, 2026
Place of True Belonging
The perfect love about which St. John speaks, embraces and transcends all feelings, emotions, and passions. The perfect love that drives out all fear is the divine love in which we are invited to participate.
February 5, 2026
Make Your Home in Me
When Jesus says: “Make your home in me as I make mine in you,” he offers us an intimate place that we can truly call “home.”
February 4, 2026
The House of Christ
Why is there no reason to fear any longer? Jesus himself answers this question succinctly when he approaches his frightened disciples walking on the lake: