Tag: God’s love
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Life is very, very good. Life with God in charge is….heavenly.
It has been so long since I’ve written substantively here…so long since we’ve talked…that it’s hard to know where to start. And, isn’t this always the way where there’s separation, disconnection, distance? We lose our place. We miss important events in one anothers’ lives. We fall out of touch. The “project,” I’ll call it, was…
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My Enemy, My Love
This article from John Martens writing in America Magazine is an answer to a recent prayer. In his discussion of loving our enemies, he concludes: It is this desire (for perfect love), grounded in the longing to be holy as God is holy, that allows us to rise above our feelings for vengeance, feelings which…
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Meditation 6 – Call us to You, Father
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. In reflecting on this sixth meditation…
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Meditation 1 – God loves generous hearts
The Catholic Church has a pamphlet that I find tremendously comforting. It’s titled “A Meditation Before the Blessed Sacrament.” Consisting of 14 meditations, it encourages our prayers and meditations. (Your local church likely has copies available). I’m going to reflect on one meditation from this pamphlet each day for the next couple of weeks. As…
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Driving with God
“I’m glad you’re with me today, Father.” I’m always with you, my dear. I’m glad you’re aware of me today. “This imagining thing that Fr. Martin suggests…well, I guess it was St. Ignatius who earlier suggested it for understanding more about Christ…isn’t something I know much about, Father. It feels so presumptuous to imagine You…
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Heavenly Host Celebrate Newcomers
It occurred to me the other day…I was reading something… I think I finally get the father whose (prodigal) son demanded his inheritance early, ran off and caroused his way through the next few years while his brother stayed at home working along side his father. (Editor Angel: Or at least you had a insight…
Walking With My Brother 