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“Anyone who fails to go forward begins to go back, and love, I believe, can never be content to stay for long where it is.” —St. Teresa of Avila

Month: August 2018

Frassati Reflection: The Oil of Charity

We must not think that our love has to be extraordinary. But we do need to love without getting tired. How does a lamp burn? Through the continuous input of small drops of oil. These drops are the small things of daily life: faithfulness, small words of kindness, a thought for others, our way of… Read More Frassati Reflection: The Oil of Charity

August 31, 2018 ErinLeave a comment

Frassati Reflection: Come and See

But Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” —John 1:46 “Come and see.” For Nathanael (also known as the apostle St. Bartholomew, whose feast we celebrate today), this was the moment when everything shifted, when the great adventure of his life began. These three simple… Read More Frassati Reflection: Come and See

August 24, 2018August 31, 2018 Erin2 Comments

Frassati Reflection: Lamentation

Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you when you were young; I will set up an everlasting covenant with you, that you may remember and be covered with confusion, and that you may be utterly silenced for shame when I pardon you for all you have done, says the Lord GOD. —Ezekiel… Read More Frassati Reflection: Lamentation

August 17, 2018August 20, 2018 ErinLeave a comment

Responding to a Church in Crisis

As faithful Catholics who are shocked, saddened, and heartbroken over the recent scandals within the heart of our Church, we are called to step up and be the solution, to challenge the Church to rise up to her sacred calling. Now is the time for prayer and fasting. We will expect from the Church a… Read More Responding to a Church in Crisis

August 17, 2018September 20, 2018 Erin3 Comments

Thought-Provoking Reads, vol. 10

Meg Hunter-Kilmer, Held By His Pierced Hands, “A Novena of Saints for a Church in Crisis”: With all the news out of Washington and Pennsylvania, with the continued revelations of unimaginable horrors perpetrated by priests and bishops, we the laity have work to do. We must demand accountability and transparency. We must work for reform.… Read More Thought-Provoking Reads, vol. 10

August 15, 2018August 15, 2018 ErinLeave a comment

Frassati Reflection: Dying to Self

Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit. —John 12:24 Dying to self means letting go of all the attachments that keep us from God; it… Read More Frassati Reflection: Dying to Self

August 10, 2018August 9, 2018 Erin1 Comment

Frassati Reflection: Hidden in Plain Sight

But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and in his own house.” And he did not work many mighty deeds there because of their lack of faith. —Matthew 13: 57–58 Today’s Gospel reading is an extension of the message from last week’s reflection, of the idea… Read More Frassati Reflection: Hidden in Plain Sight

August 3, 2018 Erin1 Comment

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