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28/11/2025

God of compassion, Strengthen the people who work for dialogue.

Watch Hana Bendcowsky Program Director at the talk with Common Home.tv about Interfaith Dialogue Amid War and Trauma.

https://www.commonhome.tv/interview/rossing-center-interfaith-dialogue

Hanna Bendcowsky of the Rossing Center reflects on the struggle to keep Jewish–Christian dialogue alive during war, fear, and trauma in Israel–Palestine.

28/11/2025

To all our American friends, we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving. Enjoy the turkey! 🦃
To our American Pope, we hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving. Enjoy Turkey! 🇹🇷

24/11/2025

God of compassion,
Strengthen the people who work for dialogue
who listen, who teach, who refuse to let fear define the future.
Soften hearts, calm anger, open understanding,
and let small steps become seeds of peace.
God of all peoples, guide Jews, Christians, and Muslims
towards a future they can only build together.
Grant us the courage to recognise one another’s suffering
and to choose the long road of peace.

Common Home TV: Questions for the Modern World · Episode

22/11/2025

Nigeria School Abduction: Sisters Request Global Prayers

The Bread 4 Today prayer Community has joined this call for prayer, standing in solidarity with the OLA Sisters and the affected families. Link in comments.

God of compassion and strength,
we lift up the children and teachers taken from St Mary’s Catholic School in Niger State.
Hold them in their fear, protect them from harm, and let them feel your nearness in this terrible moment.

Console the families who wait without news.
Give courage to grandparents, parents, and siblings whose hearts are breaking.
Strengthen those working to bring the children home,guide their steps and keep them safe.

Turn the hearts of the abductors and break the power of violence.
Gather the children who escaped back to safety, and heal their fear.

Nigeria is weary of mourning its young.
Grant leaders wisdom, communities solidarity, and this nation a path to lasting peace.

Until every child and teacher is returned,
keep them under your sheltering care.
Amen.

18/11/2025

Gracious God, out of care and compassion for humanity, you filled Saint Clement Mary Hofbauer with a special zeal for the well-being of people, especially those who are poor or troubled in spirit. In Saint Clement, you revealed the richness of your loving-kindness and mercy.

Today is the feast of Saint Clement Hofbauer.

If you needed someone to take on new ventures in changing times and difficult circumstances, then Clement Hofbauer would be

17/11/2025

God of the journey, be with students who walk through checkpoints each day just to reach class. Bless their courage, and the teachers who make universities oases of peace. 0

From Episode 1 of In the Shadow of the Holy Land. Podcast on all major pod-catchers.

Common Home TV: Questions for the Modern World · Episode

16/11/2025

Today is World Day of the Poor which was instituted by Pope Francis in 2017 to remind us that the poor are at the heart of the Gospel, invites us to renew our gaze and our commitment to the poorest and most abandoned.

Read more via C.Ss.R - Redemptorists English

Fr Rogério GomesSuperiors General The Message from the Superior General for the World Day of the Poor November 15, 2025 0 83 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp The message by Fr. Rogerio Gomes, the Superior General, for the Year Dedicated to Mission and the 9th World Day of the Poor highli...

16/11/2025

We pray for the students of Bethlehem University - جامعة بيت لحم
and all who seek education under occupation.

You know the checkpoints they face,
the fear they carry,
and the courage required simply to learn.
Bless their teachers who create spaces of hope
where dignity is protected and peace is taught in every lesson.

Strengthen all who choose hope over despair,
who walk uncertain roads,
and who still believe in a future shaped by truth and justice.

Open our hearts to stand in real solidarity —
not only when it is easy,
but when the Gospel calls us to accompany those who suffer.

Amen.

Br Peter Bray FSC, former Vice-Chancellor of Bethlehem University, shares what it means to lead education under occupation in Palestine — where checkpoints, walls, and faith meet in the struggle for dignity and hope. Episode 1 of the four-part series In the Shadow of the Holy Land.

11/11/2025

Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November to recall the end of First World War hostilities. Hostilities ended "at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month" of 1918

To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

Rest in Peace Leonard Cohen. In fall 2015, Legion Magazine and Leonard Cohen released a video to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the poem “In Flanders F...

08/11/2025

As this week ends, may the Holy Spirit guide us through our memories and emotions. We give thanks for the moments we saw God’s beauty in creation and for the times we cared for it, and ask forgiveness for when we did not. Amen.

06/11/2025

Hear the prayers of those who abide with you in dangerous times and in dark valleys, and who die with your name on their lips. Draw them quickly to your side where they might know eternal peace. Amen.” On Nov 6, the Redemptorist Family remembers the six Martyrs of Cuenca. Fr. Bruce McGill CSsR reflects on their courage and enduring faith. Watch on Common Home TV →

McGill CSsR talks to CommonHome.tv about the Martyrs of Cuenca.

05/11/2025

As a prayer community serving an emerging Church, Bread 4 Today invites us not only to pray but also to reflect deeply on the path ahead.

This thoughtful article by John Warhurst challenges us to consider where the Church stands one year after the Synod on Synodality. It’s an invitation to prayerful discernment, to ask how we, as a people of faith, can take the next steps toward a more participatory and Spirit-led Church.

A great reflection for anyone seeking renewal, hope, and direction on the journey together.
https://www.commonhome.tv/2025/11/03/the-synod-on-synodality-twelve-months-on

A year after the Synod on Synodality, John Warhurst reflects on progress, setbacks, and the Church’s unfinished journey toward true participation.