Grace: To know the joy of the resurrection as Mary knows it. Reading: John 20:1-9 Reflection: Christ is not dead. He has risen. He is alive. Go ahead, ask Mary of Magdela, or Peter, or the beloved disciple, or the Mother of Jesus. They will tell you the story. Ask them what they saw while in… Read more »
Posts By: Mr. Sean M. Powers, S.J.
It Causes Me to Tremble.
| XXXIII.Grace: To possess a personal intimacy with Christ just as the disciples did in the Upper Room on the night of the Last Supper. Reading: John 15: 1-17 Reflection: Where you there when they crucified my Lord? Where you there when they crucified my Lord? O, sometimes, it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Where… Read more »
Entering Jerusalem
| XXXI.This Lent has been about walking in the ways of Christ, meditating on his teachings and contemplating his life. And now Christ is leading us to some very powerful places of prayer: Jerusalem, the Last Supper, the Passion, Crucifixion, and Resurrection. Are you ready for it? To be honest, I don’t think I am. You… Read more »
1, 2, 3 Degrees of Humility
| XXII.Grace: I ask that I may be free enough to choose whatever God’s grace may indicate as his particular call to me. Reading: John 21:15-19 Reflection: Jesus asked Peter if he loved him three times. Each time, I imagine, Peter became more and more uncomfortable: “Jesus, of course I love you. We’ve been through so much… Read more »
“Can Anything Good Come out of Nazareth?”
| XIX.Grace: To grow in an interior knowledge of Christ’s example in Nazareth so as to live my life as he lived his. Reading: Luke 2:51-52 Reflection: I doubt few Israelites in Jesus’ time were packing the family station wagons and heading up to Nazareth for their annual summer vacation. Most biblical scholars consider Jesus’ Nazareth… Read more »
Three’s Company
| XI.Grace: I ask for the knowledge of the true life exemplified in Jesus Christ, my Lord and my God, and the grace to live my life in his way. Reading: Matthew 17:1-8 Reflection: I recently discovered a fascinating nugget of trivia from one of those often forgotten coffee table magazines. It stated that the average… Read more »
Thou Art Boring Me.
| VII.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 »
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 »