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Praying Alone Together

TRINITY SUNDAY
Icon-style religious artwork of two saints with halos, one in maroon robes and the other in green, raising a blessing gesture; between them a gold chalice with 'IHS' and a dove above amid an orange sunburst background.
John 3:16-18 Dear Friends, There is no place in the teachings of Jesus where we will find a description of the Trinity as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. It took the Church centuries of reflection, almost continual conflict and deep prayer to articulate the reality of Trinity as we have in our Creed today.Jesus was the revelation of God. His was a message of love and mercy. As a Church we learned we cannot think our…
Date: 2026-05-31
Source: Praying Alone Together
By Tracy O'Sullivan
THE FALSE SELF AND THE TRUE SELF-8
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This is the eighth of eleven reflections on Thomas Merton’s teaching on the True Self/False Self dynamic. This conflictual but enlightening relationship permeates Merton’s huge quantity of writing on the spiritual life. The basic point of the conflict is the individual’s pull toward and away from God, one’ true and ultimate destiny. Merton’s exposure of the consequences of original sin is ruthless in its intensity. This is the task of the False Self. At the…
Date: 2026-05-26
Source: Praying Alone Together
By Tracy O'Sullivan
PENTECOST
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John 20:19-23 Dear Friends, The feast of Pentecost is the celebration of breaking through the barriers of time and space and opening the whole world to the re-creating wonders of love. In his Passion and Death Jesus confronted evil. This was the climatic encounter of all history. Love won out! All of a sudden, Jesus is in their midst. His message is not vengeance. Amazingly, He does not even point the finger at their cowardly collapse….
Date: 2026-05-24
Source: Praying Alone Together
By Tracy O'Sullivan
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Nuestro Pan de Cada Día es un proyecto de podcast nacido del deseo de anunciar la Palabra de Dios de manera cercana, profunda y llena de esperanza. A través de reflexiones diarias sobre el Evangelio, se ofrece una lectura orante y pastoral que conecta la Sagrada Escritura con la vida cotidiana, iluminando alegrías, luchas y decisiones de nuestra caminar diario. Es un espacio para detenerse, escuchar a Dios, dejarse transformar por su Palabra y renovar la fe, siempre bajo la luz del Evangelio y la ternura maternal de nuestra Señora del Carmen.