still more mysterious when things go well with good people here, and ill with bad people . . . . When things go well with good people here, and ill with bad people, a great uncertainty arises whether good people receive good so that they might be stimulated to grow into something [even...
Things began to change when my spiritual director casually advised me to say the following prayer: “Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit; into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit”. Of course, I knew that prayer, for it is part of the Night Prayer of the Breviary that we a...
Whether people are still struggling with their addictions, or have been clean and sober for a few weeks, months, or years, the reflections will lead them to meditate on the spiritual growth they have achieved so far. The book takes a time-honored prayer and brings it into a useful format...
Take the jab. Wear a mask. Do it until we tell you not to. How easy it was for the demons to steal the freedom and autonomy the people have always had... Many are waking up to the big lie, but it will likely be too late for some of them if they already took jabs one and t...
If this seems a tall order, if we’re too tired or depressed to rejoice, we can take heart from the ambiguity of the feast. Mary’s reaction to the angel is to be “much perplexed.” Indeed, the whole experience is for her a two-edged sword: joy tempered by natural, human fear. ...
~Family prayer: Marcia helps us make a prayer plan for our family no matter our experience. PLUS MORE! CHECK IT OUT HERE! “Do You Know His Name?” Posted onSeptember 16, 2014byGREG “the person is a good toward which the only proper and adequate attitude is love.”-Pope St. John ...
” And I’m not a child. You see me. I’m gray haired. And I am not strong enough for. So I know that there would be a lot of people listening who would say, “Yeah, I can’t get rid of my cell phone. Help me out with this idea of getting back in touch with reality.”...
While that’s true for a season, when we do these things with love (and it’s okay if it feels more like duty right now), God will honor our efforts. Your prayer doesn’t have to be formal and painfully long. But it does need to evolve into an intuitive recognition of recognizing ...
I’m one of four kids, the middle child between my siblings at home, of a Catholic family. We attend Mass every Saturday evening and I’m currently preparing for my Confirmation. Ever since I was a little girl I’ve just been always close to God and Jesus through prayer and school. ...
Thirsting for Prayerby Jacques Philippe may be the most helpful book on prayer I’ve ever read. Like Father Philippe’sInterior Freedom, which I’ve read and consulted numerous times,Thirsting for Prayerspeaks to mind, heart, and spirit: all three, with a combination of eloquence and practic...