Prayer
Prayer is the heartbeat of the messy, faithful life. Whether you come to it with confidence or doubt, with eloquence or silence, with a rosary in your hands or nowhere near a church — these posts are an invitation to show up anyway. From ancient practices to honest lament, from the Examen to poetry to prayers stitched together from the wreckage of an ordinary day, Messy Jesus Business writers explore what it means to speak, listen, and sit with God in the midst of a complicated world.
Our Common Call to Contemplation, Communion and Creativity
On an ordinary morning, I kneel into The Now. I am alone in my bedroom, sitting cross-legged on the floor. I have set my timer,…
Walking in beauty
No matter what the season, God helps me to find the beauty in the neighborhood in which I live. Perhaps one of my biggest struggles…
The joy of being surpassed
Pass on what you have learned. Strength, mastery, hmm … but weakness, folly, failure also. Yes: failure, most of all. The greatest teacher, failure is…
Alive in the fire
In the stretch of some days, we switched over from Resurrection joy and fiery feasts to ordinary time. (At least, according to the Church calendar…
Prayer beyond words
I was 10 when it happened. I fell in love with silence. I was looking for my own church. My mom would drop me off…
Belief in the risen body of Christ (but what is belief?)
Happy Easter!! He is risen! Alleluia!! It’s not exactly an Easter song (it’s the Canticle of Zachariah from Luke 1), but it has been in my head…
As one in the crowd
In my imagination, I am a girl of 10 years old, playing tag with my older brother. We are running through the stone streets of…
The crisis in Cameroon: join us in prayer and action
He went out and began to weep bitterly. – Luke 22:62 During the Gospel at Palm Sunday Mass, I noticed the emotions expressed by Jesus’…