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The Courage to be Loved
When the Samaritan woman encountered Jesus by the well, I wonder how she felt as He watched her draw water. She had gone there alone in the heat of the day to avoid the other women, carrying with her the weight of her past: broken relationships, painful situations, loneliness…
Everyday Pentecost
Pentecost is not just one day on the liturgical calendar that comes at the end of Easter. It’s the spirit in which you live your life in the Spirit. It’s a reminder that not only is God with you, guiding you, He’s also within you, breathing life in and through you.
God the Father Reflections
A collection of reflections on fathers written by
The Other Side of the Wound
There’s a principle in spiritual discernment that the enemy will attack us at the weakest place in the armor, where He sees we may be most likely to fall.
He is Alive
Our Lord said to St. Faustina: “When I come to a human heart in Holy Communion, my hands are full of all kinds of graces which I want to give to the soul, but souls do not even pay attention to me. They leave me to myself and busy themselves with other things … they treat me as a dead object”
Ask for the Coming of the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is not a dove…Nor a fiery tongue resting over someone’s head. The Holy Spirit IS the Love of God. Intense. All-embracing. Attentive and faithful.
Preoccupied with God’s Greatness
How big does God appear when our minds are preoccupied with concerns, worries and the cares of daily life? Magnifying God’s greatness in our lives means moving from a self-focused existence to a God-focused one as the saints did…
Surrender
Surrender. This word in today’s world may not have positive connotations connected to it. It speaks of giving up, losing to another, being defeated.
Mother Luisita’s Letter about Your Prayer Life
Between Jesus and the soul there flows a current no one can see and a dialogue that no one hears. Form a rich and beautiful tabernacle for Our Lord within your heart and then do not let Him go.
Mother Luisita’s Letter about God, Your Soul, and Eternity
Accept my loving greeting and my prayer for you to be what God wants you to be. What about your soul? Is it taking little steps toward heaven or is it flying there?