I was meditating today on all of these beautiful Scripture passages that have such vivid imagery attached to them. I found myself thinking of the Divine Mercy image and the prayer “O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the heart of Jesus, as a fount of mercy for us …” And all of a […]
In the Breaking
“The dawn from on high shall break upon us (Lk. 1:78).” You, Jesus, are this Dawn, radiant and humble and broken. In the blood and water, which gushed forth from Your pierced heart, Ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world … You broke upon us. You, Jesus, broke upon us. In the flesh […]
Guess what? Your Lent doesn’t have to be perfect. Come what may, you just have to let yourself be perfected.
Is your Lent going as planned? If you feel like you’ve already failed when we’re not even halfway through, take a deep breath! Sometimes God has plans that we know nothing about. And certainly He has grace for when we mess up and let other things take priority over Him. It is the desire to […]
The Empowering Tenderness of Mercy
It’s an exciting time. The first pope in 600 years has stepped down in a noble and humble way for “the good of the Church.” We prayed and waited and watched, wondering what God was doing, how He would lead us. And then the smoke, the white billowing smoke that seemed to say, “I will […]
May our hearts be not far from you, Oh God.
Scripture reminds us today during the Liturgy, that the most important thing is the heart, and a personal and intimate relationship with God, who created us to be with Him. We hear about the Pharisees who, through their concern with the rules of Religion, had their focus taken away from the heart of Religion. This […]
