Last May, Harrison Okene, the Nigerian cook aboard the tug Jacson-4, was rescued from 30 meters below the Atlantic after spending almost three days in an air pocket aboard the ship which had overturned and capsized. His 11 fellow crew … Continue reading The Prayer of a Desperate Man: Some Psalms and a Bottle of Coke
Here’s another prayer that makes me uncomfortable – and that’s a good thing. I’m starting to use it after receiving Holy Communion. Suscipe (St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus) Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, … Continue reading The Suscipe of St. Ignatius of Loyola
I finally found a scriptural resource for daily meditation that has just the right mix of scholarship and devotion: The Navarre Bible. This text, published by Scepter Publishers, an outreach of the The Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus … Continue reading The Navarre Bible and Commentary