Lord, You have filled me with Your
Spirit of love and goodness.
Lead me out of the darkness of selfishness
that I may be a light of faith, hope, and love
to my sisters and brothers in need.
March 5, 2020
March 4, 2020
O God, who preserved Your servant Casimir
constant and faithful in Your service
amidst the delights of a court,
and the attractive allurements of the world,
grant, we ask You, that by his intercession
Your people may despise the transitory things of the world
and eagerly pursue things which are eternal:
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
March 3, 2020
Ever Loving God,
you called St. Katharine Drexel
to teach the message of the Gospel
and to bring the life of the Eucharist
to the Black and Native American peoples.
By her prayers and example,
enable us to work for justice
among the poor and oppressed.
Draw us all into the Eucharistic community of Your Church,
that we may be one in You.
March 2, 2020
I invite You into my life today
and make myself available to You.
Help me to become the best version of myself
by seeking Your will and becoming a living example
of Your love in the world.
Open my heart to the areas of my life that need to
change in order for me to carry out the mission
and experience the joy You have imagined for my life.
March 2, 2020
On August 1, 2017, I travelled from the height of the Korean summer to an equally hot Philippines to study English. Upon my arrival, I was impressed at the sight that greeted me in NAIA airport in Manila, because it was around midnight and there were a lot of people waiting for their guests at the airport.
March 1, 2020
In the dangerous southern island of Mindanao in the Philippine archipelago of more than 7,000 islands, martial law reigns. It is a place forbidden to non-Filipinos by many embassies. It is troubled with social and political unrest. Mindanao is in a state of fear and tension and the economy in decline.
March 1, 2020
I’m doing missionary work with the mentally and physically challenged individuals at St. Joseph Center’s for Special Education as a volunteer. I’m fondly referred to by both the staff and students as “Big Brother Jin.”
March 1, 2020
I feel as much on Columban mission here in Sydney as I ever did in Lahore, Pakistan, if not more so, and it is usually in the ordinary encounters of every day.
March 1, 2020
“Loneliness has become a silent epidemic; it is, as one doctor wrote, ‘the most unrecognized health crisis of this generation.’ ”
Several years ago, an elderly woman was found dead in her apartment. Stuck on the screen of her television was a note: “Goodbye my friend! You are the only one who talked to me. Goodbye!” It was her final gesture before she committed suicide.
March 1, 2020
It is sweet music to the ear to say:
I honor you, O Mother!
It is a sweet song to repeat:
I honor you, O holy Mother!
You are my delight, dear hope, and chaste love,
my strength in all adversities.
If my spirit that is troubled and stricken by passions
suffers from the painful burden
of sadness and weeping,
The Columbans are a society of missionaries, including priests and lay people, who minister to people of various cultures as a way of witnessing to the universal love of God.