The chief dispositions of Centering Prayer and other contemplative practices are welcoming and detaching from all that we receive – without judgement, hesitation, or expectation. These dispositions do allow us to withstand the difficulties and celebrate the blessings of life without becoming bogged down in either, but welcoming and detachment represent so much more than spiritual self-help techniques. These two...
Pope Leo XIV used a newly added formulary of the Mass, “For the Care of Creation,” when celebrating Mass at the papal villa on July 9. This formulary selects prayers and readings that affirm the place of God’s creation in worship....
A newsletter from Feeding America provides a good summary of The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP). Since 1981, this program has supplemented the diets of our neighbors with low incomes by providing them with ...
This year’s United Nations World Day Against Trafficking in Humans is July 30. The theme is “Human Trafficking is Organized Crime—End the Exploitation.” More and more victims are being trafficked every year across greater distances, with greater violence, for longer periods of time and for greater profit. Organized criminal networks are...
The use of the sacred word in Centering Prayer practice is designed to facilitate a comfort with detachment – a disposition of not possessing or clinging – by supporting the...
Life experience will tell us that prayer does not erase suffering and hardships. In fact, the great irony is that prayer often calls us more deeply into them! As we grow in our contemplative practices, a common fruit is...