Contemplations on Service & Spirituality
The Stone Which the Builders Rejected… – Barbara J. Menard
“The Stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone…" One of the blessings of the “Stay-At-Home-Order” or “Sheltering-in- Place” is the fact that each day is open-ended. I don’t need to hurry up to get ready to drive to work because I am working from...
Pentecost during Pandemic: A Reflection on Invitations and Challenges – Kathy Coffey-Guenther, Ph.D
While our Old and New Testament readings can invite our own musings and imaginings of invasions by locusts, blight, and varying plagues, I doubt that many of us ever imagined that we would actually be part of this global reality in contemporary times. And as our...
Shelter Me – Fr. Michael Joncas
The following is an excerpt from The Catholic Spirit, the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. The full article can be found here. Father Michael Joncas, a prolific liturgical composer whose best-known hymns include “On Eagles’ Wings,”...
In the Upper Room of our Quarantine – Christine Eberle
In the Upper Room of Our Quarantine My heart goes out to the people in that upper room in the first chapter of Acts. Once upon a time, they had been capable fishermen, efficient tax collectors, competent homemakers, and women of means. After meeting Jesus and being...
Ignatian Spirituality in the Time of Pandemic – Fr. James Martin, SJ
James Martin, SJ, is a Jesuit priest, member of IVC's National Advisory Council, editor at large of America, consultor to the Vatican's Secretariat for Communication and the author of many books including Jesus: A Pilgrimage, The Jesuit Guide and, most...
Solace in a Time of Isolation – Janet Ruffing RSM
Solace in a Time of Isolation The Poet David Whyte writes: “Solace is not an evasion, nor a cure for our suffering, nor a made-up state of mind. Solace is a direct seeing and participation; a celebration of the beautiful coming and going, appearance and disappearance...
Now What? – Noreen Manzo
“Now what?” That’s the question I posed rather uneasily to myself in mid-March when the Coronavirus interrupted our lives. My husband and I had access to a modest family home in Connecticut with a magnificent view of Long Island Sound, so we decided to pack up and...
Come, Holy Spirit! – Dan Schutte
Dan Schutte welcomes you to IVC's Pentecost Reflection Series. https://youtu.be/YHoX_DJ7WSc https://youtu.be/nhFlfm8cy9w Dan Schutte is one of the best-known and most influential composers of Catholic music for liturgy in the English-speaking world. In addition...