Lectionary Reflection

Ash Wednesday [a] March 1, 2017

Ash Wednesday [a] March 1, 2017
All of these people's suffering are surrounded by someone with the world in his hands. Remember that all of us can the power to change the world, it starts with acknowledging others' suffering.
Reflection

Lent: The Making of the Community of Beloved Disciples

Creative Voice Dr. Megan McKenna, renowned theologian and storyteller, draws upon scripture, oral tradition, and Catholic social teaching (CST) for EFJ's 2017 Lenten Reflections. For each week of...
Reflection

CST and SDGs: Reduce Inequalities

Pope Francis has been very clear on his deep concerns about economic inequality; this resource explores his concerns and links them to the UN goal to lessen such inequalities around the globe by...
Reflection

A Daily Photo Journal: Walking the Stations of the Cross Today

This daily Stations of the Cross resource connects the writings of Leonardo Boff, O.F.M., to the realities of injustice in our world today.
Litany

Women Creating the Common Good

This litany remembers the many women who have worked for peace and justice worldwide during the last two centuries and asks that the remembrance of these women inspire us to continue their...
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Prayer

Never Again! Refusing to be People of Indifference (English and Spanish)

This prayer of action calls on each of us to see God in immigrants, refugees, and orphans, our sisters and brothers.
Prayer

A Gospel Call: Becoming a Sanctuary People in Today's World (English and Spanish)

This prayer cries out, "Injustice, exclusion, bigotry, never again! Not this time! Amen."
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Prayer

Prayer of Accompaniment

This prayer, taken from EFJ’s Prayer Service on Pope Francis’s Message for the 2016 World Day of Migrants and Refugees, stirs us into action to help the millions of refugees around the world...
Prayer

Prayer to the Lord (English and Spanish)

This prayer by Pope Francis asks Mary, the mother of our Lord, to guide us as we “step outside ourselves” and transform the world through mercy and compassionate love.
Prayer

In Memory of Berta Cáceres (English and Spanish)

Berta Cáceres was murdered in 2016 for her outspoken advocacy as she sought environmental justice for her indigenous people in Honduras; this prayer remembers her sacrifice.
Film Discussion Guide

Silence

Silence, based on the historical novel by Shusaku Endō, tells the story of Jesuit missionaries navigating a seventeenth-century Japan resistant to Western Christianity. This film discussion guide...
Calendar

Women's History Month Calendar (2017)

This interactive calendar explores the stories of 31 remarkable women who have dedicated their lives to work for peace and justice. Many toil quietly. Others have won the Nobel Prize. All bear...