PRE-PRAYERING | We, in our house, have a little statement about unawareness. "There is more going on than is going on." In the simplest things, there is always more than meets the eye or ear or touch. Molecules are racing ...

So as to be more available to the graces offered through the readings for this feast, imagine Jesus hanging on the cross. He looks down, past Mary his mother and John the Beloved Disciple, to where a serpent is wriggling ...

In Hoc Signo Vinces -- In English, that means "In this Sign, you will conquer." It's the motto for this Feast , now called the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. We used to call it "The Triumph of the Holy Cross." Wikipedia ...

During these past few weeks I've been sorting through family photos for a project for my folk's 60th wedding anniversary. It's been a reflective journey through our history, with times of joy as well as difficult times of ...

I remember attending a very solemn meeting of very solemn Jesuits during a very solemn time. The most solemn of the very solemn Jesuits in the group was called upon to begin the meeting with a prayer. He looked up and said, ...

Today's second and first readings are so familiar that commenting upon them brings a special challenge. The passage from Philippians has been one of the foundational texts in the development of the classic understanding ...

Today is the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. With this feast we commemorate the love of God for his human creation. The cross upon which Christ died symbolizes for all true believers the whole of salvation ...

No passage from Paul has been more central for helping me deal with suffering than the early Christian hymn in today's reading from the Letter to the Phillipians, "He humbled himself becoming obedient to death, even death ...

For some years, the crucifix hanging in my home has been a favorite of mine, partly because it was handed down to me by my parents, but more so because of its particular depiction. Instead of the traditional portrayal of ...

PRE-PRAYERING || Names and titles can be expression of activities. Nicknames can refer to actions, stature, something physical. We each can have several names, family-of-origin names, names based on our commitments, titles ...