I will be honest and say that setting aside time every day for a full hour of prayer is difficult. During seminary it was easy and a basic fact of life. Even a few years ago I didn’t have a problem finding an hour of quiet prayer. However, when multiple children are thrown into the […]
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Instead of choosing the learned, perfect and proud figures of our time to bring about the greatest good; God chooses the small, imperfect and weak souls. It is in the weakness of these souls that God is able to work the most beautiful of miracles. This is the reason why He chose people like Saint Thérèse of
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[featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] Merry Christmas! During the Octave of Christmas I will be taking time to be with family and friends and plan for the next year. It has been quite a year, one with much growth and change. In the meantime, I put together my most popular articles of 2015 based on traffic. As I look
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Oddly enough I have discovered that one of the hardest days of the year to keep holy is Christmas day. While it is a joyous day to spend with family, it is very difficult to maintain a spirit of prayer. It is too easy to get caught-up in all the excitement over presents and entirely miss the
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Advent is a difficult season to remain focused in. The whole world is already celebrating “Christmas” and so it is hard to keep a proper disposition of hopeful expectation in our hearts. Thankfully if we find ourselves struggling to keep the spirit of Advent in our hearts, the Church has already given us a powerful
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Do you find it difficult to pray? So do I! I will be honest and say that prayer has never been easy for me and I still have days when I fail miserably. What prevents me from giving-up is knowing that prayer is not about me, but about God. It is about responding to His invitation of love and
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While we have been examining different ways to overcome unnecessary distractions during prayer, from time-to-time there do exist “good” distractions. Our mind can wander during prayer and sometimes God uses that to His advantage. Instead of taking us away from God and His plan, these distractions are designed to help us focus on something or someone and
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