Grace: To stay with Jesus in his suffering and humiliation, borne on behalf of my sins and the sins of humanity. Text for Prayer: John: 19: 1-5 Reflection: The image of the scourged Christ is often associated with Holy Week and the Passion. Such an image usually portrays Christ, bare from the waist up, a… Read more »
Posts By: Mr. Marc Valadao, S.J.
Conversion for the Journey
| XXXI.Grace: To experience a complete conversion of heart that will allow me to be with Jesus on his way to the Cross. Text for Prayer: Luke 19: 41-44 Reflection: All glory, praise, and honor To you, Redeemer, King! To whom the lips of children Made glad hossanas ring. You are the King of Israel, And… Read more »
Choices
Grace: To choose always what will allow for a deepening of Christ’s life in me and be a benefit to my own happiness and the good of the Church. Reflection: This week has clearly been a week that has been marked by choices. The Exercises have been all about setting us up to make choices…. Read more »
The Long Line
| XXI.Grace: To know and be able choose how to draw closer to the Lord, to do what is most in line with His plan for humanity and most conducive to my own happiness. Text for Prayer: Mark 10: 32-34 Reflection: Once we pass the half-way point of Lent, we start to think more and more of… Read more »
On the Outskirts of Bethlehem
| XV.Grace: To ask for the grace to know and experience the Lord and the people, places, sounds, and smells surrounding His birth, so that I might follow Him more closely Text for Prayer: Luke 2: 1-20 Reflection: Our images of the Nativity are often colored today by idyllic manger scenes set up during the Christmas… Read more »
What will you take with you?
| IX.Grace: To ask that all of my thoughts, words, and actions, be directed to the praise and service of Our Lord Text for Prayer: Psalm 90 Reflection: Some years ago, a few days after Christmas, I happened to be at a funeral where the priest, during his homily, took out a shopping bag and began… Read more »
Out of Step with God
| V.Grace: That all my thoughts, words, and actions be directed to the praise and service of the Divine Majesty Text for Prayer: Genesis 3:1-19 Reflection: From an early age, most Catholics are taught the that there are two different types of sin (mortal and venial) and that a mortal sin leads to the complete destruction… Read more »
Why Exercise?
| I.Grace: To ask for the courage and generosity to draw closer to God. Text for Prayer: Psalm 130 Reflection: Why exercise? The simplest answer might be to say that one exercises in order “to be healthy,” and regular exercise can certainly be a good thing when directed towards physical and mental health. There are many… Read more »