October 21, 2026
Leaping Toward Life
Joy is that ongoing movement out of the places of death, out of the places where things remain the same and are not moving.
October 20, 2026
Of Peace and Reconciliation
The experience of peace and reconciliation comes when people are very honest and compassionate with one another, when they are vulnerable and open about their mistakes and weaknesses.
October 19, 2026
Open to the Great Mystery
Please, Lord, join me on the road, enter into my closed room, and take my foolishness away.
October 18, 2026
Our Suffering God
God’s compassion for all human suffering is exactly what becomes visible on the cross.
October 17, 2026
Infinite Mercy
To relearn what praying for the world means, we have to realize that the burden of the world has become a light burden because of Jesus.
October 16, 2026
Unbearable Burdens
Life becomes an unbearable burden whenever we lose touch with the presence of a loving Savior and see only hunger to be alleviated, injustice to be addressed, violence to overcome, wars to be stopped, and loneliness to be removed.
October 15, 2026
When God Intervenes
Life is God’s initiative and can end or change suddenly, unexpectedly, and unpredictably.
October 14, 2026
When Prayer Descends
How do we concretely move from head to heart? When I lie in my bed, not able to fall asleep because of my many words and worries; when I am preoccupied with all the things that I must do or that can go wrong; when I can’t take my mind off my concern for a needy or dying friend – what am I supposed to do?
October 13, 2026
Incarnational Living
Confession and forgiveness are precisely the disciplines by which spiritualization and carnality can be avoided and true incarnation lived.
October 12, 2026
The Saving Lord of History
Why has the world become such a heavy burden? We can’t simply blame the media.
October 11, 2026
When Our Hearts Have Room
Dying is our ultimate vulnerability. Instead of looking at the weakness of old age as simply the experience of loss after loss, we can choose it as a passage to emptiness where our hearts have room to be filled with the Spirit of Love overflowing.
October 10, 2026
Mentality of Abundance
If we are to be peacemakers, it is essential that we take on what I would like to call a mentality of abundance and put away from us the mentality of scarcity.
October 9, 2026
Sent By the Community
There are many ways of being a peacemaker. We need to experience our own humble task as part of the Body of Christ and encourage others to accept their task.
October 8, 2026
The Self-Emptied Person
If you claim nothing as your own, including your own life, you can expose the illusion of control and the false basis of war and violence by refusing any compromise with evil.
October 7, 2026
Entering into the Heart of the World
Through death and resurrection, the heart of Jesus has become one with the heart of the world.
October 6, 2026
Do Not Resist Weakness
Our weakness and old age call people to surround us and support us.
October 5, 2026
Being Beloved Means Life
As the Beloved of my heavenly Father, “I can walk in the darkness: no evil would I fear.”
October 4, 2026
Live in a New Way
Take your worries and convert them into prayer. Take your fear and connect it with God’s fear.
October 3, 2026
Mercy Supplants Bitterness
Prayer is leading every sorrow to the source of all healing: it is letting the warmth of Jesus’ love melt the cold anger of resentment;
October 2, 2026
Cry for Mercy
Here the deeper meaning of prayer becomes manifest. To pray is to unite ourselves with Jesus and lift up the whole world through him to God in a cry for forgiveness, reconciliation, healing, and mercy.