Meditations
Arguments, an Assembling God’s Puzzle video
February 8, 2023
By Fr. Garry Richmeier, CPPS.
Some people love to argue, and others avoid it like the plague. Arguing can be destructive or constructive. Which it turns out to be depends on what one’s definition of arguing is.
February Taizé: We present ourselves to God
February 3, 2023
Feb. 2, the Feast of the Presentation, marks when Mary and Joseph showed fidelity and dedication to God by presenting the infant Jesus in the Temple. In baptism, you too were welcomed into the community of believers and promised to be a sign of Christ’s Light in the world.
Family Matters: Community Service Builds Connections
January 31, 2023
By Lucia Ferrara
Have you taken your children to volunteer in your neighborhood, church or community? Community service, teaching our children to “reach out,” is important for their growth and development.
The Presentation and the Divine Embrace
By Fr. Ron Will, CPPS.
This series invites you (a human being) to go deeper in your relationship with God (a non-human being), to plunge into that deeper relationship. It is an invitation to enter the divine embrace. Watch the Video.
Encounters with ‘Crazy’ People
January 24, 2023
By Fr. Garry Richmeier, CPPS.
We all have stories about encounters with “crazy” people. It’s never easy dealing with people who behave in ways we don’t understand. I’ve learned that people never do things for no reason, and usually, they have a good reason for what they do.
Failure: When you can’t avoid it, what to do about it?
January 11, 2023
An Assembling God’s Puzzle video
By Fr. Garry Richmeier, CPPS.
No one likes failure, but we just can’t get away from it. We experience many failures in life, like gaining weight when we try to lose it, our business fails, we get fired, we don’t get the grade we wanted. Can we situate this puzzle piece in our lives so it doesn’t cause so much pain?
January Taizé: Epiphany sends us home ‘a new way’
January 5, 2023
This evening we mark the Feast of Epiphany, when a star led the Magi to honor the Christ Child with treasures. You know, the Magi did not return home the same way they came to Bethlehem. Are we leaving Christmas different than we were a month ago?
Mary Visits Elizabeth, an Encounters of the Fourth Kind Video
January 3, 2023
By Fr. Ron Will, CPPS.
This video series help us to be open to a personal encounter with the God-man, Jesus Christ, in places where we don’t normally look for him. Mediating on the visit of Mary, Mother God, with her cousin Elizbeth is witnessing a close encounter of the fourth kind.
Winter Solstice Celebration 2022
December 28, 2022
About 50 of us gathered at the Renewal Center for our annual Winter Solstice Celebration led by Fr. Joe Nassal, CPPS. We recorded Fr. Joe’s talk and part of the communal prayers. Pray with us and walk the path lit by luminaries to the Reconciliation Labyrinth on our campus.
December Taizé: Mary Speaks to Juan Diego
December 12, 2022
The story of the origin of the miraculous image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is well known. Juan Diego was a quiet, humble man, a poor peasant. Our Lady spoke to Juan Diego in his own language, with an appearance that reflected the indigenous people and their culture.