A prayer for taking every thought captive
Oh Lord, through the words of St. Paul, You instruct us not to blindly believe every thought that pops into our minds, but to "take every thought captive to obey Christ.” Please show me how to do this in my…
A Season of Self-Forgetting
Cheese. It’s my weakness. My Kryptonite. My Achilles heel. Two years ago, I decided to give it up for Lent. Abstaining is supposed to be difficult, right? I told people of my goal, mostly so I’d go through with it…
A prayer for when I feel like I am not enough
Holy Spirit, come be with me, come with Your truth, with Your love, with Your overflowing abundance. Lord, I have believed the lie that I am not enough and I remind myself of it often. I feel I am not…
The Journey to Calvary: prayerfully considering the baggage we carry along
I love to think of our faith journey as a personal pilgrimage we each take with Jesus. In the Gospel this past Sunday we journeyed with Jesus up to the top of a high mountain and beheld the Transfiguration along…
A Prayer for Rest
Lord, I am so tired and so small. Help me to open my heart to receive the sweet graces and abundant rest You are ready to lavish on me. Help me be still, help me be quiet. In the quiet,…
To Lift Each Other Up
Heavenly Father, So many of Your children are suffering. So many are in need of Your healing touch. Through Your grace, may I be a source of comfort to others today. May Your love flow through me, touching the heart…
Hearts, Ashes, & The Cross
I think it is so fitting that Valentine's Day falls on Ash Wednesday this year. While the restaurants in town have been carefully crafting specialty seafood dishes for their Catholic patrons to enjoy on Wednesday (a day of fasting and…
To Embrace a Spirit of Power, Love, and Self-discipline
Loving Jesus, Many days my life feels ruled by fear: the large looming fears about the future or relationships, and the smaller nagging anxieties of daily life and tasks. When I get so caught up in my fears I lose…