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Morning Prayer
Morning Prayers Oh heavenly Father. You have brought me again to the beginning of a new day. Thank You. Bless my efforts today and make them holy in their service to You and to those of Your kingdom whom you place on my way. In Christ’s name I pray. Amen. +++++++++++++Forgive me for all the […]
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Slow Down, Pay Attention
Thank you for being here with me, Father.For allowing me to feel Your presence,To experience the warmth of Your love,To imagine You sitting here with me,A friend,A healer,A lover, present in all things. I like to tell myselfI have full faith in You, Father.Yet, why is it,That I am surprised?Unbelieving of Your gifts?Your answers to […]
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Close my eyes that I might see
Holy Lord, You came to meWhen I was in labor with my daughter.I didn’t understand Your presence then.Only later did I know it was You.But there You were,Holding my hand,Helping me breathe,Helping me manage the pains of childbirth. I remember closing my eyes,Needing desperately to disregard,Shut out somehow,All the distractions in the world around me. […]
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Soften my heart
Soften my heart, Lord, that I might love you more. Heal its wounds, left so long unattended;Massage deep with the holy oil of Your love,The scars, grown hard and brittle,The scars, which have so long offendedAgainst Your Holy Will. Open my eyes, Lord,That I might see Your glory in all things.Heal their blindnessThat I might […]
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Dear Sister
Dear Sister, Such strange times. Even when we are preempted from our normal activities and from our interactions with others, which have often left us with too little time for one another; Even now in our isolation of weather and COVID; Even now, the bridge that exists between us, built of parents and past history, […]
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How broken must we become
How broken must we all become, Holy Father, before we turn our eyes to You? You are allowing separation and division to prevail all around us and throughout the world. The plagues of our time — both physical and spiritual — seem to multiply daily — Covid surely, but also the desecration of Your churches […]
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The light of this holy night
Scattered desireLife on holdOnly one passionOnly You, precious Lord. Suspended desireDetached from carePatient, peaceful rest,Faithful in prayer. Lone contemplationSeparate, at rest,Filled full with Your grace,Grateful and blessed. Blood pours from Your wounds.Tumult rages unspent.Obscuring Your faceHoards filled with dissent. Come Holy Spirit.Fill us with Your breathLead us to life everlastingOnly in death. In death of […]
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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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Our Father, who art in heaven
Our Father,Who art in Heaven — knower of all things, keeper of all things;Hallowed be Thy name — Holy and Righteous is Thy name, who loves each of us so very much;Thy kingdom come — that place of love and beauty and peace and truth;Thy will be done — for You are perfect love in […]
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More worthy of You
Oh Lord, You are drawing me more and more deeplyinto the mysteries of the Holy Rosary andinto praying for our world.I pray that my prayers are pleasing to You andthrough them that I am drawnmore deeply into relationship with You,more worthy of You,more formed by You,more conformed to You,more pleasing to You,more worthy of You.In […]
Walking With My Brother
A gift of joy, a prayer of gratitude, a blessing from Our Father
Walking With My Brother 