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I awoke on Saturday, September 19, with three sources in my mind for guidance: Etty Hillesum (1914 – 1943), the young Jewish woman who suffered much more injustice in the concentration camp than we are suffering now; Psalm 62, which must have been written in a time of a major... Read More →

Hope is the main impulse of life. —Ilia Delio, OSF Because we are so quickly led to despair, most of us cannot endure suffering for long without some sliver of hope or meaning. However, it is worth asking ourselves about where our hope lies. My friend and colleague Cynthia... Read More →

One of Teresa of Avila’s most famous teachings is a poem known as “Teresa’s Bookmark” that was found in her own prayer book after her death: Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing upset you. Everything changes. God alone is unchanging. With patience all things are possible. Whoever... Read More →

Sooner or later, the heart of everybody’s spiritual problem is “What we do with our pain? Why is there evil? Why is there suffering?” Job begs God for an answer to this mystery, and he can’t get one. He only begins to trust when he no longer feels ignored, when he knows that God... Read More →

Psalm 90 A prayer of Moses: The man of God Rewritten by Jon Bannon Version One YOU ARE GOD, WE ARE DUST. WE QUICKLY PASS AND ARE GONE. IF ONLY WE KNEW. TEACH US. HAVE COMPASSION ON US. SATISFY US. MAKE US GLAD. SHOW US. ESTABLISH THE WORK OF [Y]OUR HANDS FOR US. YOU ARE OUR... Read More →