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June 2015

June 19, 2015

#LaudatoSi: The Encyclical, The Movie?

This was launched over a week ago, but somehow with all of yesterday's mania over...

June 18, 2015

#LaudatoSi and Me

As I type this, I have the extreme pleasure of gazing over my own little...

June 03, 2015

How Will I Choose Simplicity to Break Walls of Poverty?

Pope Francis never ceases to make me think, to challenge me deeply. In today's Wednesday...

March 2015

March 25, 2015

Homeless Receive Special Invite to Experience the Sistine Chapel

From Vatican Radio today, a beautiful outreach to the poor of Rome. I have personally...

March 23, 2015

Pope Francis Makes a Statement with Distribution of Pocket Gospels

From yesterday's Angelus prayer: Pope Francis offers pocket Gospels from the hands of the neediest...

February 2015

February 05, 2015

Pope Francis’ Google Hangout

Today, our Holy Father employed a great tool of technology--the Google Hangout--to meet and converse...

November 2014

November 05, 2014

Bishop Peter F. Christensen to Boise: “The Grace of Yes” in Action

It felt fitting today to watch a portion of the wonderful press conference announcing the...

September 2014

September 18, 2014

Summoning The Courage to Admit Our Sinful Nature

Not much time for a long reflection on this today, but I need to point...

September 02, 2014

#Defunkifying — What’s Your Strategy?

As rarely happens to me, I have been in a dark mood for the past...

August 2014

August 22, 2014

Sweet Tweets for 8/22/14 – Children of God

I love this week's lead "sweet tweet" from Pope Francis, which reminds us that we...

August 20, 2014

Am I a Shepherd Pasturing Myself?

In my prayer time this morning, I was rushed and distracted. As a result, I...

August 08, 2014

Praying for Peace in Iraq

Pope Francis led us in prayer today with three separate posts on Twitter for those...

June 2014

June 26, 2014

Instrumentum Laboris: What We Need to Know

It's likely that we'll begin hearing soon from the mainstream media on today's release of Instrumentum...

June 16, 2014

Am I “Spiritually Corrupt”?

I love praying each day's daily gospel in conjunction with a few helpful spiritual resources....

May 2014

May 31, 2014

Sweet Tweets for 5/31/14 – Tuning Out and Tuning In.

It's so easy to fall "off the grid" occasionally. It happened to me this week...

May 23, 2014

Sweet Tweets for 5/23/14 — Already??!!

When John Clem sent me this week's Sweet Tweets, we both agreed that it couldn't...

May 19, 2014

Sweet Tweets for 5/19/14 — Anticipating the Holy Land

Yes, you read that right. It's Monday and we usually do "Sweet Tweets" on Friday,...

May 09, 2014

Sweet Tweets for 5/09/14 — Happy (Almost) Mother’s Day!

I was so moved this week by Pope Francis' tweet this week : "In...

May 02, 2014

Sweet Tweets for 5/02/14 — Saints and the Spirit

What a week this had been! It's hard to imagine that less than a week...

May 01, 2014

Pope Francis Sends Message to Toronto Students

I love the part in this Perspectives video about the fact that Toronto's Catholic school...

April 2014

April 04, 2014

Sweet Tweets for 4/04/14 — The Good News

Welcome back to Sweet Tweets - after a few weeks off, I'm happy to have...

March 2014

March 15, 2014

Sweet Tweets for 3/15/14 — The Anniversary Edition

Thank you to John Clem for making this weekly feature possible! Papal Tweet: Please pray...

March 07, 2014

Sweet Tweets for 3/07/14 — Walking with Christ Joyfully

Even though it's only been two days, a Friday seems not only the perfect day...

March 04, 2014

Defend Us in Battle

What do you need today? Many of my online friends are galavanting around in Mardi...

March 02, 2014

Pope Francis Continues to Urge Prayers for Central African Republic

In a new video out today, Rome Reports emphasizes Pope Francis' concern for the people...

February 2014

February 28, 2014

Sweet Tweets for 2/28/14 — On the Essential Nature of the Eucharist and Lenten Resources

Let's keep Pope Francis in our prayers today in a special way. The Vatican is...

February 21, 2014

Sweet Tweets for 2/21/14 — The Peace Praying Edition

So much world news can change, shift and evolve during the course of a week....

February 20, 2014

Consistory for the Family: Facing the Realities of “Family”

Coming from the Vatican today, we have an overview of the opening moments of this...

February 19, 2014

Papal Peace Prayers Extend to Ukraine

With violence in Ukraine playing out in the past few days resulting in the deaths...

February 17, 2014

@Pontifex Tweets to Request Peace Prayers for Africa

It arrived on Saturday in the predawn hours. When I looked at my smartphone and...