Morning Prayer for August
Almighty and eternal Father We come to you in praise and thanksgiving In your goodness you have given us all that we need. When that…
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An exercise of writing our own psalm during our study of the Psalms. The Lord is robed in beauty, majesty and mystery. Holy and Powerful…
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This is another attempt at writing my own psalm. Blessed be the Lord who has given me this new day. May His name be praised…
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Reflection for Hymn to Christ for chapter on Phillipians as part of our WCSS chapter study on Phillipians The church is dark. No one is…
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Last night, after a long and sometimes frustrating day, I was turning out the lights in the living room preparing to go to bed. The…
Keep readingPrayer to our merciful God
O merciful and loving God: Open my lips that I may speak your praise, Open my eyes that I may see your Face, Open my…
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My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain…
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Suscipe – A Prayer of Self-Offering by St. Ignatius of Loyola Receive, Lord, my entire freedom. Accept the whole of my memory, my intellect and…
Keep readingA different kind of examen
I have been wanting to do this at night. This might be right for me. An Annunciation Examen 1) The Angel Gabriel visited Mary of…
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Last week while walking up toward Communion, a prayer rose in my heart: “With gratitude in my heart and praise upon my lips, I offer…
Keep readingFeast of Saints Phillip and James
This prayer from the Magnificat this morning brought tears to my eyes:O Lord our God, you chose to build your Church upon the faith of…
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In the book of meditations I have been reading in Adoration, written by a Dominican priest, is the question “why do I come to Adoration?”.…
Keep readingPsalm 55
As for me, I will cry to God and the Lord will save me. As I read this Psalm this morning, I knew that the first…
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Each morning I read from a day book entitled “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young. The book was given to me several years ago. When I…
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I just happened to pick up the book “Jesus Calling” which I haven’t read for a couple of months. The reading for today said “…
Keep readingI will praise you Lord, for You have rescued me.
That was the Psalm response from yesterday’s Mass. The words swirl around in my head, the tune replaying over and over. And it is so…
Keep readingThe “Our Father”
For several weeks now I have been thinking about the prayer which Jesus left to us. The Our Father. In Old Testament times the Jews…
Keep reading“Learning Christ” – from a card from Charleston Children’s Home 1990
Teach me, my Lord, to be sweet and gentle in all the events of life – in disappointments, in the thoughtlessness of others, in the…
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I had another strange and beautiful experience at Mass on Saturday. Fr. Brian was the celebrant. There is a time after Communion is over that…
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As I lie in bed this morning, wishing that I had not woken up so early, I began to think about my spiritual journey and…
Keep readingPrayer I liked today
O Lord, as we travel through this day of our life, our strength is in you; in our hearts are the roads to our eternal…
Keep readingInterview with Christ from Taylor Marshall
Close your eyes. Place yourself in your favorite room or location (beach with toes in sand, ski lodge with fireplace, study with leather chairs). Next…
Keep readingOn the question of prayer
I have been struggling for some time with my prayer life. I tried the Liturgy of the Hours for almost a year but eventually realized…
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A great question for which I have no answer. I can guess but what good would that do? If one just assumes that kindness to…
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Good morning Heavenly Father! I was lying here this morning – well, not anymore – thinking about Christine and about me and about what Fr.…
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One of our older hens, Miss Chicken, started sitting on eggs a few weeks ago. When she could not be discouraged, my husband bought three…
Keep readingLetter to Jesus April 12,2013
Jesus, I have looked forward to this time together. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to spend this hour with you. You know how…
Keep readingMorning Prayer
Almighty and Eternal Father I come to you this morning in praise, love and thanksgiving. In your goodness You have given me everything. When everything…
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Reflections on my Journey 