Brian McLaren said, “The Gospel is not an evacuation plan for the next world.” How true! The Gospel tells us how to live here and now. Love your enemies. Pray for those who persecute you. Cross the road to help someone lying in the ditch. Feed the hungry. Help the

As we celebrate the feast of St. Aloysius today, I am reminded that he belongs to the 24 and Under Club — those Saints who died at the age of 24 or younger. There are actually quite a few in this amazing group, including Dominic Savio, Elizabeth of Hungary, Kateri

Like so many others, I have always known St. Anthony as Patron of lost articles and I have sought his intercession on more than one occasion! I never thought of him as a great theologian or scholar. However, in today’s Office of Readings, the excerpt on his life indicates that

I love the fact that the readings for this Solemnity of the Sacred Heart highlight the image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd. When I was on pilgrimage in Rome and Germany in 2002, I was touched by how often I “met” the Shepherd. This image is everywhere! One of

So many disasters: Hurricane Sandy … Boston Marathon … tornadoes in Moore and Shawnee, Oklahoma and then Oklahoma City and so many other places … fires in New Mexico and California … human trafficking …. child labor … fires in garment factories … and the list could go on and

The Notre Dame logo puts the ND on the edge. I’m happy to say that my religious community is willing to live on the edge. We have gone to so many new places in the past 20 years: Mozambique, Nicaragua, Uganda, Peru, Guatemala, New Orleans, and more. We have ministered

As I celebrate today with the Church the feast of the Visitation, I’m drawn to our Congregational Constitutions, Art. 14: “The more intensely the tender love of Jesus takes hold of us, the more we become free from self and available to share his love with others.” I believe this

Like rain, life generally comes vertically: we get down to work, papers pile up on our desk, we come down with flu, we settle down to a good night’s sleep, we get up and dress up. Life is full of ups and downs. But sometimes life has its “acrosses” like

As I listen to today’s first reading from Sirach, I can’t help but smile when I think of the common use of “BFF” today. Certainly, Jesus is the very best BEST FRIEND FOREVER! “A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter; he who finds one finds a treasure. A faithful friend

Yesterday touched on a treasured tradition here at our Provincial Center. Several of our Sisters gathered after Mass with Father Tom Leyland for the blessing of a special Marian Grotto on the fourth floor porch. This so reminds me of the many May Altars I experienced as a child in