June 2021: Place of Play in Our Spiritual Life
Observing the carefree play of children on a summer’s day awakens a sense of lost innocence in all of us. How is it that we have become so earnest about…
Monthly reflections written by Dr. Susan Muto
May 2021: Denying Ourselves, Caring for Others, and Following Jesus
Our life, from infancy to old age, is an invitation to be our brothers’ and our sisters’ keepers (see Gn 4:9). We never feel alone in the world when we…
April 2021: Becoming Poor in Spirit
There are good reasons why the first beatitude in the Sermon on the Mount is: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven (Mt 5:3).…
March 2021: Moving into Meditation
Have you ever said to yourself or heard others say, “I can’t meditate. I don’t know how my mind races here and there, no matter how hard I try to…
February 2021: Silence in a Noisy World
Silence is golden, so why is there so much noise inside of us, to say nothing of the pulsing world of social media around us? This cacophony cannot cancel the…
January 2021: Growing in the Life of the Spirit
Our Lord reminds us in Matthew 7:17-20 that we can tell good from bad trees by the fruit they bear. How we cultivate the tree of our life reveals whether…
Jaques Hnizdovsky, "Annunciation" (1982).
December 2020: Awaiting the Coming of the Lord
“The angel said to her, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be holy; he…
November 2020: Living in Gratefulness
“Give thanks under all circumstances” (1 Thess 5:18). To understand this imperative, we need to remind ourselves that growing in the attitude of gratitude is not a luxury for believers…
October 2020: Rhythms of Reflective Living
Charles Dickens observed in his Tale of Two Cities the oft repeated truth that this is the best of times and the worst of times. The worst is obvious. In…
September 2020: Six Rules for Formative Reading
Asked to recount what we remember about our favorite teachers, we often recall reasons why their demeanor made a lasting impression on us. They may not have been the most…