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“Go into all the world and proclaim the
Good News to all creation.” Mark 16:15
“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” –…
“Jesus told Martha: ‘I am the resurrection and the life: whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live…’” John 11:25 During the French Revolution, the townspeople in a village in Austria found themselves surrounded by eighteen thousand soldiers led by Andre Massena, one of Napoleon’s generals. Having no defense, they prepared to do…
Fr. Michael introduces and teaches the daily Examen in the context of the current pandemic. For those already familiar with the Examen, you may not need the middle teaching section, if so, skip ahead with the time notations in the YouTube description, or listen through and learn something new! Click here or the thumbnail below…
One of the most painful side effects of the pandemic is that we are, in many cases, not able to visit our loved ones who are sick and suffering. Our hearts go out to them, but we’re not able to be there in person to hug them or whisper words of comfort. Today’s Practices for…
Recorded this week at Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House, Fr. Michael offers some history lessons about our Lenten practices and how this time of “doing less” while staying home is actually not a new idea. John 8:21-30 Jesus said to the Pharisees: “I am going away and you will look for me, but you will die…