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Compassion is key in AIDS ministryBy Irene MirandaImagine you are attending a retreat and during a prayer you share something that is affecting your life and you ask the other to pray for you. The next day the retreat leader informs you, in front of everyone, that you should “take a hike” because you are unworthy to be among them.If this sounds unbelievable, the fact that it is a true story is even more outrageous. Like this one, there are many stories of people who were rejected by their family in the faith due to ignorance and fear once it was revealed that they had the Human...
Profile of a modern saint: Is it you?By Carmen F. AguinacoPerhaps you think a saint is someone almost perfect and extremely boring or some who performs miracles and healings. The former is not attractive and the later is nearly impossible. A saint, however, is neither boring nor weird.Who is a saint? Someone who has met Jesus and cannot stop looking at him and following him. As my friend Javier told me, “When you fall in love with God, you cannot find anything better to do with your life than to be with him.”What does a saint do all day? Probably some of the following:• ...
We are! With love we can make a differenceby Bishop Jaime SotoAlmost instinctively, when something goes wrong, we often ask the question: Who is in charge? Who is to blame? Almost instinctively also, we often answer: I don’t know, I cannot, I don’t care.If we reflect a little, we realize that these answers are symptomatic of our present reality. “I don’t know” reflects the moral ambiguity in which we move, the lack of vision and direction. “I cannot” reflects the paralysis ensuing from such lack of direction. “I don’t care” is really a consequence of the hopelessness of such ambiguity and...
By: María Soledad Muñoz, BSW, MEd Which one is better: to work for God as per our choices, or to do God's work even when it does not suit our human preferences? ;-)Serving God in general is our sincere & loving response to God's calling. However, there is also such a thing as vocational burn out. Many times we begin to serve God because it was our most sincere response to being baptized in God's Grace and receiving the power of His most Holy Spirit. On top of that, our response to serve Him was propelled by the very fortitude that God Himself supplied us with when we surrendered our...
By Cathy Adamkiewicz Blessed Pope John Paul II, in his closing Mass of the 10th World Youth Day in the Philippines in 1995, encouraged the young people there with an invitation: “Be a sign of hope for the church, for your countries and for all humanity.” His words continue to ring true today. The young people of all cultures, in every community, need to realize their unique call to serve as beacons of hope to all with whom they come in contact. It’s not an easy task. But inspired by the Holy Spirit, and empowered by their communities,...
God, our best buddyBy Carmen F. AguinacoWho does not want to have a good friend? A good friend looks out for us, dares to speak the truth about us, knowing we will accept it. Good friends are those who can be silent in each other’s company because they don’t fear rejection. A good friend is a treasure.We can be ourselves when we are with friends. We don’t need masks and don’t have to pretend we are something we are not. We can share our whole soul with a friend, or we can talk about silly things. We can cry, laugh, enjoy, or be quiet.St. Teresa of Ávila compared prayer to being with a friend...
Source: Dismas Ministry Prison Ministry Update Dismas Ministry asks, “Where are the Catholics?”A National Catholic Prison Ministry in the works.May 15, 2013 – Milwaukee, WI – Dismas Ministry, a national Catholic prison ministry, began a national awareness campaign in December of 2012 to raise awareness of the need for more Catholics to become involved in Prison Ministry. A mailing to over 13,000 U.S. parishes was sent to the attention of the parish pastor. To date they are currently 5 months into the campaign and have had slightly over 100 responses to their mailing. ...
Huffington Post: Religion VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has told nuns from around the world that they must be spiritual mothers and not "old maids." Francis also warned the sisters against using their vocations for personal ambition, saying priests and sisters who do so "do more harm to the church."Francis has complained frequently about such "careerism" in the church – a buzzword that is frequently used to describe Holy See bureaucrats.The pope made the comments during an audience Wednesday with about 800 sisters attending an assembly of the International Union of...
Being and doing what God wants leads us to happinessBy Father Ken Davis, O.F.M. Conv.We are called to happiness, and that is probably our deepest desire. We believe that God calls us to live out the gospel, to carry out our own mission in life. Being and doing what God wants leads us to happiness. But how do we know what our mission is?The following assumptions and questions might help you clarify some of the misunderstanding and uncertainties you might have as you search for your mission in life.False assumptions of a “mission”1. My job is my mission.2. My...
Raises funds for the children of Juarezby Kristina Puga @kristinapuga | Source: NBCLatino.comCarlos Armando Garcia is a finance executive based in New York City, but whenever he would meet with potential clients and mention he was from Juarez, Mexico, he says the tone would always change.“They’d start looking at me as if I was a survivor of a war zone,” says Garcia, who heard similar stories from his hometown friends who are also professionals in NYC. “[We] would all be asked, ‘How is your family? Are they still alive?’ It was something, we said, we needed to do something about.”And that’s...
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