Live Your Faith

Is silence an endangered species? How much space for silence and solitude are we still able to carve out of our busy digital lives?

Today there are many Christians who close the door to God’s grace out of spiritual laziness, “This is the disease of sloth.”

We all need the healing medicine “of the heart” that a smile, even from strangers, provides. And for some, that medicine can save lives. “What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.”

Man has built many pillars to support his little world and to keep things from falling in on him. How many false pillars have we built that have no significance to our life and our relationship with Jesus?

We share with you a few of the 100 ways to keep your soul alive from the book authored by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. These tips are not only excellent for personal reflection but may also be used for discussion in your Action Group Meetings.

In his World Youth Day encounters with the youth, Francis tells them that bridges unite, and when there is a bridge, hatred can go away,

Pope Francis urges us to never be indifferent to others’ suffering, for it can have eternal consequences. Ask: Who is my neighbor? Do I respond to their needs as such?

Smiling is infectious, You catch it like the flu.
When someone smiled at me today, I started smiling too.

Inexperience is my forte. I’m 25-years-old and have the ability to become enthusiastic and emotionally involved in my work.

In the small diner, no one was speaking to anyone else. Suddenly a little girl broke the sullen silence by saying, ‘Don’t we say grace here, Mommy?’