I have to be honest, I’ve never really had a great devotion to Mary. I didn’t grow up with one, although, as I’ve written before, my parish at home was “Our Lady of Guadalupe.” As a teenager I heard and read a lot about Medjugorje, and while I understood what the Church teaches about apparitions, ...read more

Canadian Bishops gather every year in Cornwall, Ontario for their annual Plenary Assembly. This week, on a special rebroadcast of S+L Radio, we travel to the Bishops’ Plenary and learn what they’ve been working on this past year. Featured chats include Archbishop Richard Smith of Edmonton, Archbishop Michael Miller of Vancouver, Archbishop Paul-Andre Durocher of ...read more

In a tradition that is centuries old, the Apostleship of Prayer publishes the Pope’s monthly prayer intentions. We will now be posting these on our blog with the hope that you will unite with us in prayer for the intentions entrusted to us by Pope Benedict XVI. For February 2012, we join the Holy Father ...read more

Last Monday, hundreds of thousands of pro-lifers marched in Washington for the 39th March for Life.  Despite the January weather, this is consistently one of the largest annual protests in Washington. Even though the title of the protest is “for life” it is very clear that this event is specifically an anti-abortion event. The March ...read more

Before we let go of the year completely, Salt + Light Radio revisits some of the best music featured on the show in 2011. If you’re hanging out at home, at a get-together with friends and family or if you find yourself out driving on New Year’s Eve, tune in for S+L Radio’s New Year’s ...read more

I have been blessed not to have had any major experiences with illness, death or suffering, although, as all of us, I have had my share of pain. I’d like to conclude with four insights that I have learned about suffering. First, I remember an experience I had several years ago at the L’Arche Daybreak ...read more

Yesterday we looked at the work of deacons, in the context of the voice of illness. Yesterday was the Feast of the Holy Innocents. These were the baby boys that were massacred by King Herod when the Magi did not return to him to tell him the whereabouts of the newborn Messiah (Matthew 2:13-18). It made ...read more

In the first part, we defined the voice of illness as the voice inside all of us that cries out ‘where is God?’ In Part two we began looking at the work of pastoral ministers and the tension between being and doing. When I look at scripture, Jesus never shied away from healing anyone (at ...read more

Yesterday we looked at suffering as the ‘voice of illness.’ This is the voice inside all of us that cries out, ‘where is God?’ When faced with suffering, it is my tendency (and I believe part of our human nature) to comfort and to take away the pain. This is my first struggle as I meditate on ...read more

New Christmas song by Fr. Robert Galea and Ryan Black Emmanuel This special day When you turned our world around Today What was hidden is now found A day When You became one of us On Christmas day You left Your throne for us CHORUS: Emmanuel A King was born today Emmanuel God is with ...read more