Category: Obedience

• All that I am is Yours

  Born into dysfunctionand diseaseand disinformation,I entered blindand lameand dumbTo Your will and to Your perfect love. Oh Lord, I didn’t know You. I didn’t know how to search for YouOr what to look for. I didn’t know who to ask,Nor even the right questionsTo learn about You. Crippled by my ignoranceVulnerable in my loneliness,I leaned…

  Mary Adrienne

  December 17, 2019

  Grace, Gratitude, Humility, Obedience

• Obedience: Ordinary things are made holy and great when we desire His will

  It’s early morning again. I’m reading Merton’s journal for April 1 where he discusses obedience. I found myself savoring one particular sentence where he wrote, But in so far as we desire, with Christ, that the Father’s will may be done in us, as it is in heaven and in Christ, then even the smallest…

  Mary Adrienne

  November 2, 2014

  Obedience, Prayer, Saying Yes to God

  Patience, Thomas Merton, Waiting