Category: Prayer
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If We See God In All Things, Evil Will Find No Home In Us
To all my virtual friends, my belated, but warmly felt Easter greeting. As I alluded to…wow, it’s been a few weeks ago, now…time is flying in my world…life has intervened and taken me, temporarily, from this platform. I miss each of you and look forward to being more present with you again soon. My daughter…
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The Day I Met the Mother of God
Don’t miss this wonderful post from Jurell Sisson. The Day I Met the Mother of God.
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Excel Workbooks and Prayerful Computing – You Be The Judge
Prayer for me has always been a struggle. I guess I’m not unusual. Like so many of us, I either fall asleep or my mind wanders off in a million different directions. And later, I seldom remember much. What Works Is Better Than What Doesn’t…Who Knew? When I first read of Ignatian prayer as described…
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An Irish Prayer – Happy St. Patrick’s Day
May God grant you always… A sunbeam to warm you, a moonbeam to charm you, a sheltering Angel so nothing can harm you. Laughter to cheer you. Faithful friends near you. And whenever you pray, Heaven to hear you.
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Prioritizing Prayer, Again and Again and, Then, Again
Originally posted on JURELL SISON: This blog is the first of eight reflections being written for the Ignatian Prayer Adventure hosted by ignatianspirituality.com. Keep reading 🙂 To be quite honest, making time for prayer and meditation has always been one of my biggest struggles. For me it’s like exercising—I love the idea but it seems…
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No matter where I am, He is with me
Merton’s meditation for this first Tuesday in Lent discusses books and how we can be blessed by others’ words and experiences…or not. It struck home for me. I am just finishing my first mystery novel, since reading Fr. James Martin’s, Jesuit Guide last year. I wrote about the effect the Jesuit Guide had on me…
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Yearning, God’s small seed of hope within us
In this second day of Lent, Thomas Merton in Seeking God in All Things acknowledges how stultifying the world can be, especially for those of us living in busy cities, working in noisy factories, or commuting daily with thousands of others. He reminds us that for so many, the hope – even the seed of…
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Surrender ourselves to God, who is in all things
Thomas Merton in his Lenten Prayer, Seeking God in All Things, says God’s presence isn’t found just in our intellectual recognition of Him, nor even in our “contemplative illumination.” God is found, as well he says, in other believers who love and serve Him – people like all of you, whom I’m coming to know…
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Prayer in the Calm Times
An excellent (and for me, timely) piece from Becky Eldredge via Prayer in the Calm Times at dotMagis. Here’s just a snip: First and foremost, we keep showing up to prayer and to our time with God. Second, I often find, it is helpful to lean on a prayer tool that can help us name…
Walking With My Brother 