“I hope it rains tomorrow.” “I hope they like me.” “I hope there’s cheesecake for dessert.” Before reading Pope Francis’s thoughts in his book, On Hope, I...

Blessed Are Those in the Crowd

Reflections Lisa Kelly

This post is based on Week Six of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. For all of my life as I have heard the Beatitudes read, my...

Comfort in Old Things

Reflections Eric Clayton

I draw comfort from old things. An ancient tree, twisted and gnarled, reaching for the sky. A humble hillside chapel, its stones from a...

Where Desperation Ends

Reflections Lisa Kelly

This post is based on Week Four of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. Parenthood: there is no greater joy or desperation. A parent is fully responsible,...

Holy Doors

Reflections Loretta Pehanich

To celebrate the Jubilee Year, Holy Doors opened in Rome. Like loving arms, these doors will welcome pilgrims all year, from all over the...

Patience and Hope

Reflections Marina Berzins McCoy

Pope Francis says, “Patience, one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit, sustains our hope and strengthens it as a virtue and a way...

The Jubilee’s Promise of Renewal

Reflections Rebecca Ruiz

Pope Francis invites us to be “Pilgrims of Hope” this Jubilee Year. I’ve been reflecting on what this means to me and to the...

The Pilgrim Pause

Reflections Eric Clayton

There are many prayerful routes to Santiago de Compostela, that great pilgrim destination in the northwest of Spain. The traditional Camino de Santiago route...