Morning Briefings

I asked God if He was testing me–and once again I put my hands together to pray. Yet it was difficult to find my quiet place to talk with God while the devil was screaming in my ear.

– Immaculee Ilibagiza
Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust

Setting a good example, sharing our joy and reflecting Christ back to others is in no way a violation of company policy I am aware of. There are extremes in everything, so organizing a Bible study group may not be the most appropriate choice. But letting others see Christ at work in you is the most fundamental and important way to open up about your faith at work.

– Randy Hain
The Catholic Briefcase

A miner, after he walked out of the capsule, described his personal experience: ‘I met God. I met the devil. God won.’

– Peggy Noonan
Viva Chile! They Left No Man Behind

Prophets from Moses to Jesus, like Lincoln, accepted their God intuitively. They did not attempt to reason out his existence philosophically, nor did they try to discover Him by research and experiment. By their testimony, God revealed Himself to them and called them; and in moments of deep thought, of serious meditation and weighty concentration upon problems, they felt His presence and made it what they regarded as their guide.

– G. George Fox
Abraham Lincoln’s Faith Based Leadership

My deepest vocation is to be a witness of the glimpses of God I have been allowed to catch.

– Henri J.M. Nouwen

Just like in other human relationships, intimacy can’t be forced; it must be chosen.

– Regi Campbell
About My Father’s Business: Taking Your Faith to Work

It’s said that God is present everywhere. For me this is nowhere more true than a baseball field. In fact, I expect that baseball may just be the secular version of God’s grace to us all. So step up to the plate and make the sign of the cross. There’s a lot we can learn from angels, both guardians and those from Anaheim.

– Gary Graf
And God Said,”Play Ball!”

Alabama football coach Mike Shula was a member of Catholic Campus church in Tuscaloosa but had to switch to another Catholic church in town after autograph hounds became too pushy, according to the Greg Larson radio show. The last straw was a guy standing at the end of the communion line with a football for Shula to sign.

– Gary Graf
And God Said, “It’s Good!”: Amusing and Thought-Provoking Parallels Between the Bible and Football

Someone has said that the greatest sin is to make God unattractive. Unfortunately, we can do this not only by the words we preach but more so by our very demeanor. Today we ask ourselves, ‘How approachable and kind am I to the people I live with, work with, serve or meet on the street? Do I reflect the amiable God I believe in?’

– Sr. Melannie Svoboda, S.N.D.
Living Faith, September 3, 2008

Having been told ‘Look around you,’ and having also been told ‘Pray always,’ perhaps we could combine these two charges and use our eyes as a means of perpetual adoration.

– Edward M. Hays
Pray All Ways