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Setting the Table for a Shared Rhythm 🍞🌿 Every family already has a rhythm. Morning scrambles. Car rides. Bedtime negotiations that somehow turn into philosophical debates about water, hunger, and one more hug. A Family Rule of Life doesn’t erase that rhythm. It listens to it… and then gently tunes it. Think of it less like a rulebook and more like a family song . Something simple enough to remember. Steady enough to return to. Spacious enough for everyone to find their voi

The Prayer of Lament is a practice to engage with big feelings

The Difficult Discussion When a young person in a community dies, it ripples outward. Such a traumatic event may be the closest and earliest experience with death a young person has. Children and adolescents may have big feelings and questions. A young life cut short feels especially unfair. That the death happens to someone around their age is shocking to a young mind used to the protection of family and the youthful feeling of invincibility. These issues are compounded when

Saint Ignatius often stresses in his writings about “finding God in all things”, which led some of his followers in the Society of Jesus...

Icons are like a window to spiritual realities. They give us images to contemplate, from images of Christ to biblical stories and saints. They are idealized in a way to make them look unreal, communicating that the truths they present are spiritual in nature. They often play with perspective, putting the viewer in the scene depicted. The forms and composition of icons come from a long tradition. Everything is purposeful to communicate spiritual truths. This includes color, sy

But when you pray, go to your room, shut the door, and pray to your Father who is present in that secret place. Your Father who sees what...

A labyrinth is like a twisty-turny path that always takes you to the middle and then back out again. It's like a special journey to meet...

The Prayer of Examen is a way to turn the activities of our day to prayer - to pray our lives.

Lectio Divina is Latin meaning sacred reading. School has taught us to read to master the material and understand it. This kind of...