This makes me think… about who we are…
Will there be times when the Lord still reveals areas in our lives that need to change? Yes, of course. But His conviction is about what we do, not about who we are. -Holley Gerth-
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This makes me think… about qualifying my alone moments
Finding Solitude All human beings are alone. No other person will completely feel like we do, think like we do, act like we do. Each of us is unique, and our aloneness is the other side of our uniqueness. The question is whether we let our aloneness become loneliness or whether we allow it to…
Read MoreThis makes me think… God is restless for us
Praying without ceasing means: never losing contact with God, letting ourselves be constantly touched by him in the depths of our hearts and, in this way, being penetrated by his light. Only someone who actually knows God can lead others to God. Only someone who leads people to God leads them along the path of…
Read MoreThis makes me think… Is my identity that of an intentional disciple of Jesus?
Thanks to the Archdiocese of Milwaukee for this video of what discipleship can look like in our lives…
Read MoreThis makes me think… we need Mary, who carried God within her. #ImmaculateConception
O Mother, how pure you are, you are untouched by sin; yours was the privilege to carry God within you. Antiphon from Morning Prayer, December 8
Read MoreThis makes me think… about waiting patiently for God this Advent
How do we wait for God? We wait with patience. But patience does not mean passivity. Waiting patiently is not like waiting for the bus to come, the rain to stop, or the sun to rise. It is an active waiting in which we live the present moment to the full in order to find…
Read MoreThis makes me think… how countercultural Christian faith really is… or, be like a salmon
A few years ago I was on holiday in Scotland and saw an amazing sight: thousands of wild salmon in a river, swimming upstream, racing ahead, jumping in the air to get past rocks and over the boulders. Salmon, I am told, lay their eggs upstream, and once hatched, the new salmon swim down to the…
Read MoreThis makes me think… about the divine face, the incarnation…
The Divine Image by William Blake (1757-1827) To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love All pray in their distress; And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness. For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love Is God, our father dear, And Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love Is Man, his child and care. For Mercy has…
Read MoreThis makes me think… about heaven in this month of holy souls…
There by Mary Coleridge There, in that other world, what waits for me? What shall I find after that other birth? No stormy, tossing, foaming, smiling sea, But a new earth. No sun to mark the changing of the days, No slow, soft falling of the alternate night, No moon, no star, no light upon…
Read MoreThis makes me think… the indispensable relationship of Jesus to the Church
“The Church is apostolic because she is founded on the preaching and prayer of the apostles, on the authority that was entrusted to them by Christ himself. St Paul writes to the Christians at Ephesus: “You are no longer strangers or sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household…
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