A Personal Reflection on Our Pilgrimage of Hope and Purpose I felt like coffee beans sealed inside a roasting drum during our three-day pilgrimage retreat. The heat inside the van scorched us from every side, and every bump in the road tossed us like beans tumbling in a cylinder. Yet that same blaze and motion drew…
Why did I choose this book? Our first recollection of the year as Salesian Cooperators of DBFC focused on Jubilee 2025. The facilitator, Fr. Andy Mendoza, SDB, provided an overview of its origins, significance, and relevance. Fr. Andy challenged us with this reflection: “How can you embody the spirit of the Jubilee Year in your…
Reflections on the 2024 DBFC LMP Retreat The task from our Retreat Master was simple: Find a place to pray. Imagine that you and the Lord are talking. Listen. Be mindful of how you feel. I remember walking to where I wanted to pray and whispering, “Lord, please be with me.” When I reached my…
This book, “Let Us Dream,” was written by Pope Francis as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the prologue, he states, “I see this time as a reckoning. I think of what Jesus tells Peter in Luke 22:31: The devil wants him to be sifted like wheat. To enter into crisis is to be…
