I arrived in Chicago yesterday for a conference on restorative justice at Loyola University. There are about 20 of us at this conference, only two of us being priests that I know of. It is nice being in my hometown of Chicago to learn and to network. This is the first workshop I have been to which has addressed prison ministry in a direct way. I am looking forward to learning a lot this week.
Paul of the Cross is the saint whose feast day we celebrate today. After serving a solider in Italy in the early 18th century, he turned to a life of prayer and developed a devotion to Christ’s passion. Paul of the Cross saw Christ's love and mercy as rooted in his passion. His preaching on Christ’s passion touched the hearts of many. Paul founded the Congregation of the Passion in 1720, known popularly as the Passionists. The Passionists added the vow of spreading the memory of Christ’s passion to the people to the traditional vows of poverty, obedience, and chastity. May we find comfort, love, and mercy in Christ’s passion and cross just like St Paul of the Cross.
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