Word Made Flesh

Help Me to Believe in Beginnings
God of history and of my heart,
so much has happened to me during these whirlwind days:
I’ve known death and birth;
I’ve been brave and scared;
I’ve hurt, I’ve helped;
I’ve been honest, I’ve lied;
I’ve destroyed, I’ve created;
I’ve been with people, I’ve been lonely;
I’ve been loyal, I’ve betrayed;
I’ve decided, I’ve waffled;
I’ve laughed and [...]

You speak of freedom and of vengeance.
I didn’t think you were like the others.
We watch Batman and believe vengeance
equals justice,
But elsewhere you tell, Love your enemies.
Freedom, freedom for the prisoner.
Dance delicately and deliberately
into your freedom.
O oppressed one, find your voice.
Yet we know no one is purely victim
and no one is all wicked.
You came to set [...]

I love the Advent candles.
I remember the Advent candle holder that my grandma used to have sitting on the mantel. The candles were about the size and shape of baseballs. They were coated in paint of the designated colors—three purple candles, one pick one and another white one.
They were beautiful lit or unlit. I [...]

E vindo, evangelizou paz a vós outros que estáveis longe e paz também aos que estavam perto (Efésios 2:17)
Às vezes penso existir uma parede que nos separa…
Tão próximos e tão distantes daquilo que nos torna tão diferentes.

Em uma tarde chuvosa, (onde somente aquilo que nos torna diferentes e capazes de nos mover até aquele [...]

This Sunday night, November 29, our WMF community will gather with our Argentine partners to light the first candle of Advent, the candle of hope. Our liturgy will include worship, reflection, Lectio Divina and prayer. Postured with hope, peace, joy and love, our time will also include lighting candles around the Advent wreath in a [...]

This morning we video-conferenced with our staff members in Peru. They just finished their morning worship, and it made for a lovely morning chat. Today’s fast day prayer will be focused on their prayer needs. Our office will pray for our staff and then share in a simple meal of rice and potatoes at 12 [...]

The Examen of Consciousness
A Prayer to God
God, thank you.
I thank you, God, for always being with me, but
especially, I am grateful that you are with me
right now.
God, send your Holy Spirit upon me.
God, let the Holy Spirit enlighten my mind and
warm my heart that I may know where and
how we have been together this day.
God, [...]

This afternoon we video conferenced with our staff members in Kolkata. Today’s fast day prayer will be focused on their prayer needs. Our office will pray for our staff and then share in a simple meal of rice and dal at 12 CST. Please join us in prayer for our friends.
For staff members who are [...]

Sept. 14, the Feast of the Cross was celebrated in the Christian liturgical calendar.  This feast is an opportunity to reflect what the cross means to us.  On Easter we celebrate the Passion of Christ and the suffering He endured but on this feast day we have an opportunity to look solely on the cross [...]

When we say “for the poor,”
we do not take sides with one social class, please note.
What we do, according to Puebla,
is invite all social classes,
rich and poor without distinction,
saying to everyone:
Let us take seriously the cause of the poor
as though it were our own -
indeed, as what it really is, the cause of Jesus Christ,
who [...]