Author: Bart Hennigan

Lectio divina, sometimes called Thomistic prayer after St. Thomas Aquinus, is prayer that is focused on a more intellectual, or at least more thought-filled, approach to prayer. If

I’ve written before about contemplative prayer and its benefits. Some people have real difficulty clearing their minds and quieting their inner voices enough for prayers like the Jesus

It’s Eastertide, and something I learned from NT Wright is that if we give up something for the forty days of Lent, it’s a good idea to add

“Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” This are the words spoken over those of us who receive the imposition of ashes on Ash Wednesday,

In some ways it feels like Lent 2020 came and never left. It was in the midst of Lent that COVID-19 lockdowns began, and though an end is

“We can’t control what’s going on, but we can keep choosing kindness.” —El Arroyo I’ve been thinking about this quote quite a bit in the last few months.

We’ve talked about how to sit shiva with someone else’s pain, but with everything going on right now, I wanted to talk about how to handle our own

“I really only love God as much as I love the person I love the least.” Dorothy Day We are just a couple of days past one of

“If you’re depressed, you’re living in the past. If you’re anxious, you’re living in the future. If you’re at peace, you’re living in the present.” —Lao Tzu, Chinese

If you’re anything like me and the people I know, then likely you’re feeling pretty exhausted these days: emotionally, physically, and spiritually. I can also confess, I’ve let