Grace: That my heart be on fire with the same zeal as Jesus’ Sacred Heart. Reading: Revelation 3:14-22 Reflection: Did you see any of the commercials during the Superbowl this year? There’s this one in which Sir Elton John sits on a throne, dressed in some kind of ridiculous royal garb, begrudgingly judging whether or… Read more »
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Those pesky little sins
| VI.Grace: A growing intense sorrow and, if God so wishes, even tears for my sins. Text For Prayer: Matt 25: 31-46 Reflection: How do we treat our best friend? For most people, a best friend is somebody that they trust and with whom they share their joys and sorrows. The relationship, like all human relationships,… Read more »
Mirror, Mirror on the…Cross?
| V.Grace: Ask for shame and confusion, seeing how many souls have chosen to live forever separated from God’s love, and for an acute awareness of my own potential of doing the same. Text for Prayer: Isaiah 55:1-5 1st Point: By placing God at the center and all created things at His service and praise, we have… Read more »
Strange Beginnings
The start of this Lenten blog does not seem like the start of a Lenten blog. When we think of Lent, we think of purifying ourselves of our sins, doing penances, denying ourselves the fruits of creation. Essentially, when we think of Lent, we think of almost anything but what the blog has covered thus… Read more »
Ignatius’ Examen of Conscience
| IV.Grace: To know the Spirit of God at work in my daily life. Reflection: Google came up with 304,000 results to my search query “Examen of Conscience.” Needless to say, a lot of great material on one of St. Ignatius’ most prized forms of prayer is already floating out there online for you to discover. While… Read more »
All Creatures of Our God and King
| III.Grace: To love and serve God with an undivided heart, and to value all created things inasmuch as they lead me to God. Text for Prayer: Romans 1:20 Reflection: God does not do anything by accident; “coincidence” is not in His vocabulary. “Yet just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down and… Read more »
The Compass for our Lenten Pilgrimage
| II.Grace: That my intentions, actions, and entire life might be purely ordered to the praise and service of my Creator and Lord. Text: Ps 117 Reflection: Today we receive ashes on our foreheads and head into the desert for 40 days. What will guide us along the way? We might be inclined to draw up an… Read more »
Let us start small… but not too small.
| I.Grace: To be free from the obstacles in our lives and in ourselves that prevent us from knowing God and to trust that God will meet us when we sincerely seek Him. Text for prayer: Ps 91 Reflection: Many years of St. Ignatius’s life were poured into the development of the Spiritual Exercises. This work,… Read more »