The following words of St. Jude and St. Augustine bring into clear focus why we follow Christ and try every day to…
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Posts Tagged: prayer
What Happens When Women Pray
Scripture is clear on what happens when women pray. Because of Queen Esther’s plea to save her people, “their sorrow [was] turned…
Riches of the Maternal Heart
Eighteen prayerful women gathered on July 21 at the Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, to explore how a mother’s…
Don’t Need Virtue??
Gem from last Sunday “Don’t try to protect yourself against God by thinking you need to know how to [pray] or being…
A Little Silence Every Day Changes Everything
Do you know of Sister Wendy Beckett, whose art commentary wowed viewers of public TV in the nineties? Sister Wendy, now 88,…
Who Am I Really?
Four years ago in the parking lot of the Divine Mercy Shrine in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, I scribbled the core mission and purpose…
#1 Tip for More Patience
Most of us would like to be more patient. It’s a virtue we feel the lack of in everything from standing in…
How to Hang Out with God
Here’s my Lenten lesson so far: I am totally dependent on God to make any change in thought or behavior at all….
What Can I Pray for You Today?
A friend’s son died last summer. I asked her, a devout atheist, if she would mind if I prayed for them. She…
Your Closest Moment?
An accountability buddy is a must-have when you want to build a new habit or keep an old commitment fresh. Especially for…
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