Tag: prayer
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Meditation 2 – Pray for the poor, the sick and the wretched
Today’s meditation is on praying for others, many of whom you may not know, many of whom you may not see anymore: Tell me about the poor whom you want to help, the sick whom you have seen suffer, the sinner whom you would convert, the persons who are alienated from you, and whose affections…
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Miracle of answered prayer
My daughter caught one of these darn bugs that are going around this winter. We get particularly concerned about her because these bugs can often trigger her asthma. So, when she called to tell me she was at Urgent Care one Sunday night, I was immediately lifting her up in prayer, asking that God strengthen…
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The miracle of feeling awestruck by God’s beauty
Being awestruck by God’s creation involves at least two miracles. The first miracle is the beauty and magnificence of God’s creation. Spiritbath, in this post “…hello dear universe,” shared the beautiful Vimeo video from Christian Mulhauser, in which he uses time lapse photography to capture the Milky Way and other scenes from the Island of…
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Discerning Advent
Originally posted on God In All Things: [audio http://traffic.libsyn.com/godinallthings/Advent_2_Annunciation.mp3%5D “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.” (Luke 1:28) We know God desires to shine a light into our world and into our hearts. There’s hope, somewhere. Through the darkness a light begins to shine. Thomas Merton describes this glimmer of hope: My Lord God,…
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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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God’s Lost and Found
For years I have gone to God when I’d lose stuff…keys (top contender, by far), earring-backs, books, files…nothing terribly important in the whole scheme of things, but stuff I needed at one particular moment in order for my life to continue to run smoothly. The way it started is kind of embarrassing, actually. I wasn’t…
Walking With My Brother 