For Immaculée: Victory in the Darkness
Picture a 22-year-old Catholic college student. She is studying electrical and mechanical engineering. She has a loving family and many friends. She is pretty and…
prayer and meditation
Dirty Dishes and Loving-Kindness
I hate washing dishes. H-A-T-E. About two weeks ago, our dishwasher made a horrid gasping, gurgling sound and ceased to work. I cursed, begged, and…
Those who pray do more for the world than those who fight, and if the world is going from bad to worse it is because there are more battles than prayers. — Donoso Cortes
Today try using prayer, rather than your thoughts or actions, as a way to deal with situations.
Radical Rosary: Nonviolent Resistance and Our Lady’s Prayer
I learned how to pray the rosary with the help of a nun. A Zen Buddhist nun. During my final year at seminary I was privileged to take a class in Zen Meditation. We gathered early every morning to sit in complete silence and stillness on the floor of the Social Hall.
