Category: Service

• Love You. Trust You. Look to You. Rely on You.

  In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Good afternoon, Father. Thank You for this beautiful day that You’ve given us in Your mercy and Your delight. My daughter continues to be sad about her favorite pet’s and other’s recent deaths in her life and she’s still suffering from…

  Mary Adrienne

  December 20, 2019

  Advent, Compassion, God’s love, God’s presence, Grace, Pain and sorrow, Peace, Service, Sorrow

• Thanksgiving trepidation

  Thank You, Father, for being here with me this beautiful day. I want never to take You for granted, Lord, for all the beautiful days that You provide me, in Your mercy, especially this time of the year. And yet, I invariably do. Give me, I pray, holy Lord, a spirit of perpetual thanks and…

  Mary Adrienne

  November 26, 2019

  Service, St. Augustine, St. Monica, Thanksgiving

• Yours first, holy Lord, Your voice and teaching. Then I’ll go help Martha in the kitchen.

  My Dear Lord, I have felt great sympathy for Martha (Luke 10:41) over the last week. I tried to take the time to sit at your feet as Mary did, listening for Your voice, and reading Your daily word. But our time here, where You sit beside me as I write — such precious time…

  Mary Adrienne

  July 22, 2019

  Confession, Forgiveness, Martha and Mary, Prayer, Service, St. Mother Teresa of Kolkata