Have you ever had a prayer that you say all the time suddenly “bloom” in your heart and take on a meaning…
Strolling Through Mary’s Magnificat
Posts Categorized: Beatitudes
Prayer to the Rescue
A fourth-century deacon wrote, “Do nothing at all unless you begin with prayer.” Oops. We may remember to pray when we need…
The Pride of Shame
“In you, Lord, I put my trust: let me never be put to shame (Ps 31:1).” Sounds good, but what kind of…
Are Mixed Motives Okay?
The robin on the power-line outside my window touts a worm in its beak. It doesn’t eat the worm right away, but…
Strolling Through the Our Father
St. Augustine said that every prayer we could ever think of is already in the Lord’s Prayer. The Our Father is like…
Relax and Hang Out With God
A lesson I re-learned this week: I am totally dependent on God to make any change in thought or behavior at all….
Sublime Musical Lenten Meditation
My friend Nancy Scimone is performing her one-woman drama, “Mary Magdalene: At the Feet of Jesus” tonight in Fairfax, Virginia (details here)….
How to Let the King of Glory In
For years I’ve pondered what Psalm 24 means. How do we humans let the king of glory in? How can we who…
Two Ways to Forgive
In the Lord’s Prayer we ask, “Forgive us… as we forgive others.” But how? I ran across this column by Joseph Genny…
True and False Cross: a World of Difference
St. Paul hinted at the difference between “the world’s cross” and “the Cross of Christ” when he observed that “we proclaim Christ…
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