Fears and Tears

peace

  • My heart longs for peace

    I feel that peace has left me and anxiety has returned. It has happened a little each day until I now find myself unsettled and restless. It is like being tossed around in a turbulent ocean. Thoughts from the past vie for my attention, current worries surface and the future makes me anxious. It is…

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  • A Time of Silence

    For God alone my soul waits in silence. He only is my rock and my salvation. Trust in Him at all times. Pour out your heart before Him. Psalm 62 Last weekend I spent a couple of nights in a small, private hermitage at a nearby retreat center. It is nestled in the woods and…

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  • A New Song

    Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Psalm 96 God has shown me His fidelity and love, that He sees me and cares for me, that He is always with me, and that I am not alone. A new song has entered my heart, it is a song of…

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  • His Mercy Covers Me

    Last weekend was Divine Mercy Sunday, which always falls after Easter. It is one of my favorite celebrations of the Church, because I especially feel the love and mercy of God being poured out upon me and the whole world. It was a rainy day, and I felt like God was literally pouring His love…

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  • The Beauty That Surrounds Me

    I have now completed week 8 of Magnify 90 and this week’s virtue is prayerfulness. It is a virtue that invites me to pray at all times with my heart fixed on God. One of the readings from this week speaks about distractions, which I struggle with. The book suggests that this is an attachment…

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  • The Virtue of Docility

    I have completed week five of Magnify 90 which focused on the virtue of docility and St. Jane Frances de Chantal. Docility means the willingness to be taught. The virtue of prudence drives docility. Prudence is love discerning aright that which helps from that which hinders us in tending to God. St. Thomas Aquinas St.…

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  • Go to your inner room

    I completed week two of “Magnify 90”, this week emphasized the virtue of affability and the writings of St. Angela Merici. I had to look up the definition of affability, it means being easy to approach and talk to, friendliness, good natured and pleasant. To encourage and lift up, the virtue of friendship. I feel…

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  • Let Go

    I have completed my first week of “Magnify 90” which highlights St. Gemma and the virtue of humility. Magnify 90 is a book that guides one through a new way of letting things go, for a period of time that distract us from God. It then adds in specific prayers and other suggestions to fill…

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  • To Seek Him

    Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to those whom His favor rests. Luke 2:14 The ordinary, hidden life is an extraordinary life, the little moments that turn my gaze to the Lord, to seek Him, just as the Magi did. It is a beautiful time, the Christmas season, where my attention…

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  • My Peace I Give You

    The Lord gave me a great gift this week; it is peace. A peace overtook me, and I felt a calm and stillness in my body and soul. It is a peace that I still can feel. What a wonderful thing to experience this second week of Advent. Peace I leave with you; my peace…

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