A Publication of Casa Juan Diego
Mark’s surgery last spring was an inspiration to us in faith and a sense of God’s providence. We had hesitated for some time to proceed with an operation that he needed, but it was recommended. We worried about Mark’s heart, because it often beats very strongly, even shaking the bed. It flutters enough to get… continue reading
Recent changes and conferences at the Vatican on the approach of serving the poor and challenging economists and business leaders to implement Catholic Social Teaching make it clear that the Vatican is participating in a quiet revolution. This shift in gears is related to Benedict XVI’s encyclicals. It is evident that the conversations and teachings… continue reading
We recently received an e-mail from a former Catholic Worker in Houston wondering if we could share ideas about living with the human side of the Church. She specifically asked about Dorothy Day’s reflections on this thorny question. This young friend, filled with faith and commitment to the poor, had had a conversation with another… continue reading
Love desires no recompense other than to be loved in return; and thus God desires nothing in return for his love for us other than our love. “Let us not love in word or speech, but in deed and in truth” (1 John 3:18) Whoever does not come to know the face of God in… continue reading
His condescension in coming down from heaven, in leaving His Father’s glory and taking flesh, is so far beyond power of words or thought, that one might consider at first sight that it mattered little whether He came as a prince or a beggar. And yet after all, it is much more wonderful that He came… continue reading