Grace: To worship God with my entire heart during this Lenten season, resisting the temptation to be halfhearted in my participation at Sunday liturgy. Text for Prayer: Revelation 4:8-11 Reflection: Past writers on this blog have described spiritual tepidity as a type of sluggishness, particularly in prayer, that is caused in our souls by an… Read more »

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 »

Grace: For light to see the disorder of tepidity in my life and to be disgusted by it, to seek forgiveness for it, and the grace to amend it. Text for Prayer: 1 John 2:1-11 Reflection: It is part of our human nature to get into habits. What exactly is a habit? A habit is… Read more »

Grace: for light to see the disorder of tepidity in my life and to be disgusted by it, to seek forgiveness for it, and the grace to amend it. Text for Prayer: Matthew 25: 14-46 Reflection: Tepidity is a state of the soul brought on by repeatedly missed opportunities to offer oneself in the service… Read more »