The Serenity Prayer for Our Times of COVID-19
WILLIAM O’LEARY
How many of you feel out of sorts with all this social distancing? It seems as if everyone’s schedules and routines are in...
Parents: Making the Most of These Mornings (Inspire a Morning Offering!)
CARRIE SOUKUP
At this point in the spring, my doorway is usually littered with seven pairs of cleats, buckets of balls, gym bags, permission...
Praying with Children at Home — Virtual Eucharistic Adoration
SR. NANCY USSELMANN, FSP
We are living in unprecedented times. If you are in a state with the “stay at home” mandate because of COVID-19,...
This is What it Means to Encounter Jesus — 12-minute video with Fr. Mark-Mary
In this 12-minute video from Ascension Presents, Fr. Mark-Mary, a Franciscan of the Renewal, offers a gospel reflection on the woman with a hemorrhage...
Advice from a Master Catechist: 4 Skills for Scripture Study
Question: I’m a catechist, yet I’m still new to Bible study. What advice do you have to help increase my devotion to Scripture? —...
Praying amidst violence and strife — downloadable prayers to share
Recent news accounts have inspired members of our Bayard team to compose prayers to be shared. When events like the killings at the Tree of...
5 Devotional Practices to Weather the Storm of the Abuse Crises
BY JAMES BLANKENSHIP
Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also wish to go away?” Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go?...
Church leaders take note: Liturgies and prayer resources in response to the Church scandals
Recently the NCCL's newsletter shared this new resource titled "LITURGIES AND PRAYER RESOURCES IN RESPONSE TO RECENT EVENTS." It is filled with suggested Mass settings,...
Pope Francis releases new document on the Call to Holiness
This week Pope Francis has issued a new apostolic exhortation on the call to holiness. It's Latin name is Gaudete Et Exsultate, which means "rejoice...
Living in the Between Times
Dag Hammerskjöld, twentieth-century diplomat and author, wrote a short prayer that is especially good for us to recall at this time of year: “For all that has been, thanks. For all that will be, yes.”