Do you pray for your parish, the wider Church and yourself with the intention that there will be healing in the Body of Christ, and a renewed zeal to work together to help unfold God’s plan for our world? Here is a prayer from Matthew Kelly that you can use or you can make one of your own.

The Dynamic Catholic Prayer

Loving Father, I invite You into my life today and make myself available to you.

Have you ever heard of the Humanality Movement?

In 2018, after finding himself constantly on social media, Andrew Laubacher decided to give up social media and go back to using a flip phone. Six years later, he helps lead a movement dedicated to encouraging others to break their own tech addictions. He was not happy with how all the platforms were just becoming so all-consuming, and he felt that God was calling him to change.

What does your personal prayer life look like? Does prayer happen daily or only as needed? Has it changed at all over time? Matthew Kelly offers some points to consider for those who would like to improve their prayer life.

Six Seismic Spiritual Shifts Regarding Prayer presented by Matthew Kelly

1. Just be open to beginning a conversation with God.

It’s the most commonly repeated phrase in the Bible – found in one form or another – 365 times! “Do not be afraid!” It’s what Jesus told his disciples several times when they were frightened or troubled.

I think fear and anxiety are much more common feelings than people admit. Throughout salvation history, God reassured and comforted his troubled people.

On this Labor Day weekend, we’re invited to reflect upon the meaning and importance of work for ourselves as individuals, for our families and community, and for the wider society.

Work has far more significance than merely the practical means to “earn a living” so that we can feed, clothe and house ourselves and our families. Our Catholic Church has a rich set of teachings which explore a “spirituality of work.”