April 2023: The Healing Power of Poverty of Spirit
Obedience is the evangelical counsel that enables us to listen humbly to the revelations of reality and to participate joyfully in its unfolding. Chaste, respectful love for self and others…
Monthly reflections written by Dr. Susan Muto
February 2023: Appreciating Our Deepest Worth in God’s Eyes
The power of appreciation wells up from the belief that we have been granted by God the option to seek and choose to be in the company of people, events,…
January 2023: Giving to Others What We Ourselves Live
Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town attempts to find the value, above any price, of the smallest event in daily life. Emily, having just died, asks for and receives permission to…
December 2022:A Meditation on the Christmas Refrain of St. John of the Cross
The Virgin, weighed with the Word of God, comes down the road: if only you’ll shelter her. How blessed we are to meditate upon this simple four-line refrain in which…
photo courtesy of NASA
November 2022: The Space of Grace
The concepts of “cyberspace” and “virtual reality” are as familiar for us now as “Morse code” and “radio waves” were in the past. We can “google” the geography of any…
October 2022: Humility, Keystone of Spiritual Renewal
Both Holy Scripture and the writings of the classical Christian masters emphasize the fact that the virtue of humility is the keystone of spiritual renewal. Here, for example, are the…
September 2022: Living with Loneliness
Single or married, young or old, male or female, we humans enter the world and depart from it alone. No matter who we are or what we do, we have…
August 2022: Praying Always
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you [1 Thessalonians 5:16-17]. No matter how often or…
Christ in the House of Mary and Martha by Jan Vermeer, 1655. [Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh]
July 2022: Integrating Divine Worship and Daily Work
The work we do in fidelity to the person we are radiates our calling in the Lord and our commitment to follow him. Our life is a harmonious blending of…
June 2022: Centerpiece of Christian Presence
Christ is the compass guiding us through every storm to safe harbor. He dwells in the inmost chambers of our heart as well as in the mundane details of our…