Prayer: Changing
your mind You
know how it is. The minute you close your eyes, it all comes rushing
in — the workload on your desk, the overdue dentist appointment,
the squabbling children, the new rattle in your engine, the grocery
list. And never is the rush of thoughts so intense as when you’re
trying to do one of two things — sleep, or pray.
Christian
or New Age: Walking
a labyrinth It’s
become the trendy thing to do at retreat houses and spiritual gatherings
— to walk along a series of pathways inside a large circular
maze known as a labyrinth.
Unidos
en Dios ¿No
quieres ser sacerdote?
Soy del Departamento de Cajamarca, Perú; el séptimo
de diez hermanos (ocho varones y una mujer). Mis padres se dedican
a la agricultura. Después de haber terminado mis estudios secundarios
trabajé por unos años en la agricultura, junto con mi
familia. Sin embargo, todo esto cambió cuando un sacerdote
a quien admiraba me dijo: ¿No quieres ser sacerdote?
Profile: Seeing
Christ in everyone Finding
Christ in everyone is something Jim King was taught to do from the earliest
days of his life and it turned out to be the best possible training
he could have had for his new position with the Archdiocese.
This
Week's Issue
The
Word Became Flesh Cardinal
Rigali's weekly column. Read it here.
Abortion:
Men’s testimonies He was the “the guy,” tooling around town in
a silver Mustang, picking up and putting down women at will. When one
of those women got pregnant, he told himself, “No problem. Just
get an abortion.”
Help
Knights send rosaries to troops No
matter what your stance is on the Iraq war, Catholics are being
asked to unite in spiritually supporting the 1.4 million Catholics
serving in the military by donating rosaries, holy cards and religious
medals.
An
angel among us It’s every parent’s
worst nightmare — receiving a phone call, in the
middle of a family night out, telling them their toddler
has been found floating face down in the pool.
Exchange
of love Never underestimate the
impact of a second collection.