June 18, 2026
Alert to the Word of God
Our waiting is always shaped by alertness to the Word of God that comes to us in such mysterious ways.
June 17, 2026
Come Home
Jesus is the host who wants to gather us around the table, the Good Shepherd who invites his people to a table where the cup is overflowing (Ps. 23).
June 16, 2026
Affecting Our Inner Life
The daily contemplation of the gospel and the attentive repetition of a prayer can both profoundly affect our inner life.
June 15, 2026
Looking for Signs of Hope and Promise
More than anything else, [the contemplative critic] will look for signs of hope and promise in the situation in which he finds himself….
June 14, 2026
Getting to the Heart of the Matter
The contemplative is not needy or greedy for human contacts, but is guided by a vision of what he has seen beyond the trivial concerns of a possessive world.
June 13, 2026
Heart Speaks to Heart
The spiritual life means that the Spirit of Love is given to us so that we can live with that Spirit within us.
June 12, 2026
Making Love Visible
It is God’s love that allows us to love one another. It is that first love that is the basis for all creative human relationships.
June 11, 2026
Nothing Human Is Alien
Through compassion it is possible to recognize that the craving for love that people feel resides also in our own hearts, that the cruelty that the world knows all too well is also rooted in our own impulses.
June 10, 2026
Community Keeps the Flame of Hope Alive
Christian community is the place where we keep the flame of hope alive among us and take it seriously so that it can grow and become stronger in us.
June 9, 2026
God Has Overcome the World
An optimist says, “The war will be over; your wounds will be healed; the depression will go away; all will be better soon.”
June 8, 2026
Looking to the Divine Love
Dear Lord Jesus…. Through your human heart we can catch a glimpse of the divine love with which we are loved and with which you yourself love us, because you and your Father are one.
June 7, 2026
The Authority of Compassion
If we now realize that the future generation is not only an inward generation asking for articulation but also a fatherless generation looking for a new kind of authority, we must consider what the nature of this authority will be.
June 6, 2026
The Eyes of Love
I do believe deeply, that in order to live a spiritual life, we have to claim for ourselves that we are “taken” or “chosen.”
June 5, 2026
Revolutionary & Mystic
Jesus was a revolutionary, who did not become an extremist, since he did not offer an ideology, but Himself.
June 4, 2026
Compassionate Ministry
The call to compassionate ministry is a great call. But we must not be fearful.
June 3, 2026
Letting God Define Our Life
To wait with openness and trust is an enormously radical attitude toward life.
June 2, 2026
You Are Accepted
The first love says, “I loved you before you could love anyone or before you could receive love from anyone. I have accepted you.
June 1, 2026
Small Signs of God’s Presence
Our salvation comes from something small, tender, and vulnerable, something hardly noticeable. God, who is the Creator of the Universe, comes to us in smallness, weakness, and hiddenness.
May 31, 2026
Celebrating God’s Love
The divine ecstatic joy of the house of love becomes manifest in celebration.
May 30, 2026
Letting Go of My Wishes
I have found it very important in my own life to try to let go of my wishes and instead to live in hope.