Tag: Daily Reading

Speaking to the Soul: a living sacrifice

What is the unique feature of your seemingly defective spiritual anatomy (that might actually be your most beautiful gift to God), that you can place on the altar the next time you hear this bidding in the Offertory?

Read More »

Speaking to the Soul: Identity

The life of Saint Alexis of Rome invites us to examine identity in a new way. What do we identify with? How do we identify others? Is it by social status? Race? Gender? Or, might we learn to see beyond those things and realize that the beggar and the prince are the same?

Read More »

Speaking to the Soul: Righteous Gentiles

The “Righteous Gentiles” invite us to look again at all those situations where we say to ourselves, “I think this is wrong but maybe the authorities know best. And besides, what can I do about it?”

Read More »

Speaking to the Soul: The Mantle of Authority

As I listened to this person, I remember thinking to myself, “Boy, this guy could really use a good psychotherapist.” And then I remember the split-second feeling of free-fall when it dawned on me that the therapist he needed was me.

Read More »
Archives
Categories