At JFK Airport, a simple prayer on the runway turns into a moment of grace. Father Cezariusz Jastrzebski, chaplain of Our Lady of the Skies Chapel, reflects on blessing a traveler’s final flight.

Sin breeds poverty, hunger, and grave socioeconomic disparities. Remedies for this sickness cannot include that which violates God’s laws and his design for human flourishing; rather, they must include the upholding of the Gospel. 

We should choose one event from the day and the feeling associated with it, and pray from it. You’ll likely choose a big feeling — positive or negative — which will necessarily be a significant one. Finally, look toward the next day. What are your feelings? Should you pray for help? For healing? For peace?

If you or someone you love is experiencing mental illness, there is hope. Cling to Jesus and the sacraments, find consolation in the Blessed Mother and the saints, pray for one another, and remain grounded in the knowledge that God will not allow suffering to be in vain.

Burnout is discussed a great deal these days. Thank goodness. We have to address it, as many people are burned out due to their jobs.

As unsettled times leave many on the move, they may be joining new parish communities. In those sad situations where long-standing parishes have closed, leaving parishioners spiritually homeless, they may be seeking the embrace of a new family under a cloud of deep loss. As newcomers settle into our parishes, what do they find when they arrive?

The canonizations of St. Carlo Acutis and St. Pier Giorgio Frassati, which I was privileged to attend, taught me that becoming a saint means growing in holiness, which means staying close to Jesus, especially Jesus in the Eucharist.

In my nearly 20 years of teaching at St. John’s University, I have seen how much my students have come to embrace computers and cellphones. It’s their window to the world. The influence of the internet, and more broadly, social media, is enormous. It offers a seemingly endless resource of material, but is also loaded with the dangers of misinformation and worse.

As I work to fulfill the Church’s mission in my role at the Catholic Foundation and Futures in Education, I join my siblings in prayer for the strength and wisdom to be able to pass on the faith to our family. Mom, well done, good and faithful servant. Rest assured that your legacy of faith lives on!