Category: Meditations
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Give me a broken spirit
Psalm 51:17 The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. Let me not despise my broken spirit, or my broken heart, oh lord. Rather, show me how to offer it to you as a sacrifice. Take my ego and my arrogance, my loss…
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You delight in our sweetness, oh Lord
As I remember Your presence with us at the wedding at Cana, I remember that… You delight in our sweetness, oh Lord, As our most loving parent,You watch us here below,And look on with delightAs we dance and laugh and loveIn the sweet innocence of childrenWhose only desire is to love and please you. We…
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A place of our own
If there’s one thing amiss here in this house, if there’s one little spot I have longed for — it’s that one obvious place where I can go to be with You. Just a corner of calm, where I am away from — at least off to the side of — the bustle of other…
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Meditation before the Blessed Sacrament – Help heal our wounded love
Have you nothing to annoy you? My child, tell Me your annoyances, with every detail. Who has pained you? Who has wounded your self-love? Who has treated you contemptuously? Tell Me all, and then say that you forgive and forget; and I will give you My blessing. I have a close friend, Holy Lord. You…
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Meditation for the Blessed Sacrament – Satan and All His Works
Confide to Me your failures; I will show you the cause. Whom do you wish to see interested in your work? I am the Master of all hearts, My child, and I lead them gently where I please. I will place about you those who are necessary to you; never fear! I have come to…
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Meditation before the Blessed Sacrament – My Lord and My God
And have you no thoughts of zeal for Me? Are you not anxious to do a little good for the souls of your friends, for those whom you love, and who, perhaps, forget Me? Tell Me who interests you, what motives urge you, what means you wish to take. Holy Father, Your presence never leaves…
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Meditation before the Blessed Sacrament – a garden for Mary
I read a piece recently on the six things every good Catholic household needs. I’ve also been reacquainting myself with our garden, Father — Yours and mine — after a too-long hiatus (a subject for another day). And, it’s May — Mary’s month. You’ve brought all these frayed ends together, Father, in a lovely plan…
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Meditation before the Blessed Sacrament – for health
The fourth meditation has been a hard one for me to articulate, Father. How do I ask You for greater good for my body, my health, when You’ve given me life overflowing? Do not hesitate to ask for the good of your body – for health, for memory, for success. I can give you everything,…
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Meditation before the Blessed Sacrament – for personal favors
In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. I come before You today, Father, before Your Blessed Sacrament, with special prayers and to ponder the third meditation. First, a friend ask for prayers for strength for her faith during this time of isolation, during this time of separation from…
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Meditation before the Blessed Sacrament – for the sick and the broken
As I meditate before Your most Blessed Sacrament, please bless me, Holy Lord, with Your presence and guidance. Tell me about the poor whom you want to help, the sick whom you have seen suffer, the sinner whom you would convert, the persons who are alienated from you, and whose affections you wish to win…
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