What brought this topic up in my journal? It was the Holy Father's July 24 meeting with priests, his first encyclical, and a new book called The Boys from Dolores.
For the third consecutive year, the Marians of the Immaculate Conception hosted the lively sights, sounds, and smells of salvation, song, and salsa as more than 3,000 pilgrims gathered on Eden Hill for Encuentro Latino.
I want to look at two symptoms of a world pulling away from its orbit: the politicization of religion and a condition I call spiritual anorexia. Being a constructionist when building is needed, I will also pose a solution.
Picture a pile of metal shavings being introduced to a magnet. That's how Jim Miller reacted to the Diary of Sister Maria Kowalska. Since then, he has made Divine Mercy his life, his love, his joy - and his job.
This story of mercy begins decades ago in the smallest possible way. A little boy, looking for something to do, goes into his parish library and asks the librarian to give him a book to read.
A colorful portrait of the extraordinary 'ordinary' people who, with great enthusiasm and dedication, are helping the Marians spread Divine Mercy around the planet.