by John Freund, CM | Mar 31, 2013 | Pope
It is not only the women at the tomb who were surprised. In our days the Church has been surprised by the Holy Spirit. In a post titled “The Spirituality of Surprises” the blog Dating God catalogs how the church has been surprised by election of its new...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 31, 2013 | Pope
Speaking in front of some 250,000 people from around the world in the Vatican, Francis prayed for “dear Syria, for its people torn by conflict and for the many refugees who await help and comfort. We too, like the women who were Jesus’ disciples, who went to the...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
A video using the image of “FallingPlates”  shares the purpose of the Easter Story. FallingPlates portrays in four minutes the universal themes of life, lost love, death, pain and faith in a God who interrupts our lives to show his love. Life begins happy...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 30, 2013 | Pope
Francis kept his message simple and tied to the liturgical readings, recalling how Jesus’ disciples found his tomb empty a day after his death and were surprised and confused. How often does Love have to tell us: Why do you look for the living among the dead?...
