Excerpted from On Earth as it is in Heaven by Dr. Lombardi: 

“Petition 6. And do not bring us to the time of trial ” (p. 97): 

 1. How do you understand temptation? 

 2. What has been “a time of trial” for you? 

 3. How did you find your way through it? 

Excerpted from On Earth as it is in Heaven by Dr. Lombardi: 

“Petition 4. Give us this day our daily bread” (p.63): 

 1. How do spiritual blessings, word and sacrament, strengthen and encourage you? 

Just a few days ago I was in Rome as the Canadian Delegate to the International Congress on Youth Ministry, hosted by the Vatican Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life under the theme: "For a Synodal Youth Ministry: New Leadership Styles and Strategies." I was accompanied by Sally Yasmine, the yo

“Is my heart serene? /Am I immensely joyful at being a human?” Two questions raised by Fr. Paul Geraghty as he offered a modest reflection of his life as a monk for over a decade, with Dom John Main and his pastoral care of St. Anthony’s Parish for almost 20 years.