Pray With the Pope: November 2018
Be Driving Saints! General Prayer Intention: In the Service of Peace. That the language of love and dialogue may always...
Be Driving Saints! General Prayer Intention: In the Service of Peace. That the language of love and dialogue may always...
What more can we do? General Intention: That consecrated religious men and women may bestir themselves, and be present among...
Prayer Intention: That young people in Africa may have access to education and work in their own countries. It is...
There is a slew of studies which tell us what we already know. They inform us, often in a rather surprised tone, that marriage is good for us. Married people tend to be healthier, happier and even wealthier than people who are cohabiting.
Intention: That priests, who experience fatigue and loneliness in their pastoral work, may find help and comfort in their intimacy with the Lord and in their friendship with their brother priests.
The arresting title of Naomi Klein’s latest book is No Is Not Enough. Klein is often considered to be a hopelessly impractical, radical left-wing social commentator and feminist eco-warrior. Her book is a response to the election of US President Donald Trump, and it is a sustained attack on pretty well all he stands for.
The pope’s prayer intention for May is that the lay faithful may fulfil their specific mission, by responding with creativity to the challenges that face the world today.
General Intention: That economists may have the courage to reject any economy of exclusion and know how to open new paths. It’s important to know what things are for, especially if we dedicate our lives to them. Today economists are being asked what the economy is for.
Pope’s prayer intention: That the Church may appreciate the urgency of formation in spiritual discernment, both on the personal and communitarian levels.