June 7, 2026
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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.

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June 6, 2026
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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.”

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June 5, 2026
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June 5, 2026

Revolutionary & Mystic

Jesus was a revolutionary, who did not become an extremist, since he did not offer an ideology, but Himself.

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June 4, 2026
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June 4, 2026

Compassionate Ministry

The call to compassionate ministry is a great call. But we must not be fearful.

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June 3, 2026
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June 3, 2026

Letting God Define Our Life

To wait with openness and trust is an enormously radical attitude toward life.

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June 2, 2026
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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.

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June 1, 2026
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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.

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May 31, 2026
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May 31, 2026

Celebrating God’s Love

The divine ecstatic joy of the house of love becomes manifest in celebration.

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May 30, 2026
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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.

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May 29, 2026
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May 29, 2026

Living at the Place of Innocence

I know that I am called to live at the place of innocence – the place where Jesus chose to live.

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May 28, 2026
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May 28, 2026

Death Does Not Have the Last Say

The joy that Jesus offers his disciples is his own joy, which flows from his intimate communion with the One who sent him.

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May 27, 2026
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May 27, 2026

Letting Peace Grow

As long as we imagine and live as if there is no peace in sight, and that it all depends on us to make it come about, we are on the road to self-destruction.

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May 26, 2026
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May 26, 2026

Let Nothing Disturb You

I have found that Saint Teresa’s call to focus on the goodness of God when I need to discern helps me fight the demons of despair, self-rejection, and fear, and has overcome the powers of darkness with the power of God many times.

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May 25, 2026
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May 25, 2026

Jesus Wants to Free Us

Jesus wants to free us from the chain that imprisons us. He wants to free us by revealing that we are loved before we can give or receive love from anybody.

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May 24, 2026
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May 24, 2026

Our True Vocation

Too often I looked at being relevant, popular, and powerful as ingredients of an effective ministry.

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May 23, 2026
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May 23, 2026

A Place to Dwell

Your heart, Jesus, is so full of the desire to love me, so aflame with a fire to warm me. 

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May 22, 2026
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May 22, 2026

Refreshing Our Memory

I am struck by the fact that the prophets speaking about the future of Israel always kept reminding their people of God’s great works in the past.

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May 21, 2026
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May 21, 2026

The Source of All Peace

Do not give up working for peace. Always remember that the peace for which you work is not of this world.

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May 20, 2026
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May 20, 2026

God’s Preparations in the Interruptions

A few years ago I met an old professor at the University of Notre Dame. Looking back on his long life of teaching, he said with a funny twinkle in his eyes: “I have always been complaining that my work was constantly interrupted until I slowly discovered that my interruptions were my work.”

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May 19, 2026
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May 19, 2026

Choosing the Light

I know quite well the difference between darkness and light but do not always have the courage to name them by their true names.

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