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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…
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This is another homily Fr. Michael gave several weeks ago. We could have titled it many things, Fear Threatens to Overwhelm Us, Unite Your Suffering to Jesus, Fear is a Liar, Despair Knocks at All of Our Hearts, Beware What You Ask For, and on. There is a spiritual depth to the hope offered by…
What is Practices for Pandemic? Practices for Pandemic is a collaboration between Fr. Michael Sparough, SJ, Heart to Heart and Aaron Niequist. Audio meditations will be released each Sunday during the coronavirus mandatory shelter at home order in Illinois. These meditations are available on our YouTube channel or as an album on our Bandcamp page.…
Originally preached on March 4th before stricter measures were put in place to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, Fr. Michael reminds us that the word “repent” means literally to turn around. As our social and spiritual lives are tested these last few weeks of Lent, examine those places where you can turn around…
Luke 6:36-38 Jesus said to his disciples: “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. “Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven. Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will…
Given during the recent 4-Day retreat at Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House Fr. Michael builds on Jesus’ message that reconciliation and forgiveness come before all else. Matthew 5:20-26 Jesus said to his disciples: “I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the Kingdom of heaven. “You…
Given during his Ash Wednesday Day of Prayer at Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House, Fr. Michael’s homily reminds us that Lent is less about what we ourselves do or don’t do, but more about what we let God do in us. Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Jesus said to his disciples: “Take care not to perform righteous deeds…