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Morning Prayer for May 23

May 23, 2020 godgoogler

The reading from today’s morning prayer was: None of us lives as his own master and none of us dies…

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Bishops of Washington State Push Back on Trump’s Edict

May 23, 2020 godgoogler

The Bishops of Washington State released an excellent response to President Trump’s statement regarding church reopenings. A huge h/t to…

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Night Prayer for Friday, May 22

May 22, 2020 godgoogler

Tonight I offer special prayers, for my friend Dan, who has a relative dying from Leukemia. I’d also like to…

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“But Your Grief Will Become Joy”

May 22, 2020 godgoogler

Today’s Gospel (John 16:20-23) provides us with some comfort as Jesus continues his conversation with the disciples. Grief often becomes…

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“For a Little While”

May 22, 2020 godgoogler

The great Paulist, Fr. Charlie Donahue, C.S.P. had a great homily yesterday that I thought you shouldn’t miss. It was…

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Pandemic “Reinvigorating Religion”

May 22, 2020 godgoogler

Henry Mace has an excellent piece in today’s Financial Times that I give a h/t to the illustrious Christopher Lamb,…

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What We Have Done, and What We Have Failed to Do

May 22, 2020 godgoogler

Over at the Pray, Tell Blog, I enjoyed this reflection on whether the sacraments will just return to “business as…

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Morning Prayer for Friday 5/22

May 22, 2020 godgoogler

This Morning’s Intercessions spoke to me greatly, as we ask God to send us the Spirit as we continue to…

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Night Prayer

May 22, 2020 godgoogler

This is essentially Psalm 91 which is one of my favorites and came up in the Psalmody tonight: I’d like…

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5 Questions with the Paulist Fathers: Fr. Joachim Lally, CSP

May 21, 2020 godgoogler

One awesome guy that I have come to know over the years is Fr. Joachim Lally, CSP. He’s spent a…

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About This Site

Mike Hayes is the Director of Young Adult Ministry in the Diocese of Cleveland.  He’s been a noted spiritual director and retreat master for over 20 years and has worked with young people his entire ministry career.  He’s best known for founding the award winning, BustedHalo.com and for writing the books Googling God (Paulist, 2007) and Loving Work (Orbis, 2012).  He ministered on 2 college campuses for 11 years.  He is available for Spiritual Direction in person or virtually.  He is also available to conduct media interviews, podcasts, videos and written articles.

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