surrender

  • I Am Changed

    I am changed by the One who doesn’t change. He is the same yesterday, today, and always, Jesus. This is how I feel after attending the National Eucharist Congress in Indianapolis last week. I am so grateful for this experience where 60,000 pilgrims came together to praise, honor, and worship the Lord. In the midst

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  • 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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  • Happiness

    The secret to happiness is to live moment by moment and to thank God for all that He in His goodness sends us day after day. St. Gianna Molla I desire a life where I am thankful and see the good that is there in every circumstance, even though it may seem quite ordinary. To

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  • You Set The Pace

    This weekend I participated in a Eucharistic procession at Church. It was the feast day of Corpus Christ, the Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. It was a beautiful Mass that included a processional walk around the Parish grounds and gardens, and concluded with beautiful prayers and songs praising God. I was near

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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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  • Surrender

    Trust in the Lord with all your heart, on your own intelligence do not rely; In all your ways be mindful of him, and he will make straight your paths. Do not be wise in your own eyes, fear the Lord and turn away from evil; This will mean health for your flesh and vigor

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  • A Blessed Easter to everyone! As my Magnify 90 practices and readings approach the last week, I sit here with much gratitude and thankfulness to the Lord for all He has done for me. Jesus is risen, He is indeed risen, with scars on His body, where the brilliant light of God the Father shines

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  • I have now finished week 10 of Magnify 90, the virtues that I prayed with are meekness and patience. The word “obedience” has also been repeating for me in my prayer time. In addition to my Lenten practices, I prayed the St. Joseph novena and yesterday was his feast day, St. Joseph, spouse of Blessed

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  • The Flame of Your Love

    I have now completed week 9 of Magnify 90 and this week’s virtue is zeal. ‘Zeal is a strong, action-oriented desire to advance in the spiritual life and move in the direction of righteousness. Zeal puts love into action and strengthens the resolution to progress in virtue and sanctity’. (good confession.com). Zeal is to be

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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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