The Chapel of the Incarnate Word

The Gospels do not focus on the suffering of Jesus, but on his love. Jesus sweats blood in the garden, the place where lovers go! What...

The lesson in today's Gospel is really quite simple. Who are the "lepers" in our own time that are often excluded because of race, creed,...

Christ is part of the very structure of Creation. Anyone, any created being, living on this planet is going through Christ. Cristo es...

We are asked to take to our prayer the intentions of our friends who minister within the CHRISTUS Health System. The prayers this week...

Church – unless Christ is at our center, we will come apart. The person of Christ brings us together beyond some ideology … This has...

We need to pray all of the psalms. We cannot ignore the violent ones, or the ones that express anger, or those that lament. We all...

Nothing new, but good to be reminded: As a Christian, I am part of a body, the Body of Christ …. no act is private. There is no such...

The CCVI Blog will be on retreat with Fr. Ron Rolheiser this week: "The Mystery of the Incarnation - Jesus, Church, Christians, and all...

Jesus touched her, and she was healed. "They are our primary language of compassion, and a primary means for spreading compassion" ......

Get up and dance! (Movie stars dancing to 'Footloose') Click on the image to go to the video. ¡Levántate y baila! (Estrellas de cine...

First Friday has many meanings. Today, primarily, it usually is promoting a monthly social gathering: "First Friday" is a name for...

Almost a year ago, the Pope was reflecting on the Beatitudes as part of his daily reflections. The second Beatitude is: “Blessed are...

Today's Gospel: "So he was not able to perform any mighty deed there." As Christians, as disciples of Jesus, we are to perform the mighty...

February 2nd is celebrated as the Feast of the Presentation ... when Jesus was taken by his parents to the temple - as was to their...

Let us pray today for nurses: men, women, young men and women who exercise this profession, which is more than a profession, it is a...

Let us pray today for the elderly, especially those who are isolated or in nursing homes. They are afraid, afraid of dying alone. They...

Today, let us pray for the deceased, those who have died in this pandemic; and in particular for, let us say, the anonymous deceased: we...

Today, let us pray the Lord might give us the grace of unity among us. In these difficult times, may He allow us to discover the...

The Dance Class (1874) Edgar Degas French La clase de danza1874 Edgar Degas, francés, 1834–1917 This work and its variant in the Musée...