Father, we stop at this moment and look to You, the source of all life, the source of all grace, all meaning, and all purpose. We love You and we offer our lives as a living sacrifice to You. Use Your grace now through us, to heal us in our relationship with You....
Jesus has gathered with His disciples in the upper room. He delivers some hard news, real gut-punches. He is leaving them. In fact, He declares to them that He must go. But Jesus doesn’t end there. Some of Jesus’s last words are not just about the...
“A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until, in the end, he realized prayer is listening.” (Soren Kierkegaard 1813-1855) Sometimes we think we have to talk at God, and we forget that prayer is a conversation...
But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”...
“To pray is to fall face down before the Lord, stripped of the flattering disguises of pride, humbly presenting before Him our naked sin.” Catechism Of The Spiritual Life, Cardinal Robert Sarah, Prefect Emeritus, Rome