"The ideal is to live in loving, attentive expectancy." (John of the Cross) The Advent season is a time of stirring up our expectancy. For what? The second coming of Jesus and attentiveness...
Novena to the Immaculate Conception November 29 and ending on December 7 Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of...
"Man and God are at the center of Advent: man awaiting the coming of God and God who seeks the ways to meet man." (St. John Paul II)We will begin the season of...
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT (Advent Wreath) The First Candle is purple...it is the candle of prophesy: it symbolizes hope and expectation. It reminds us of the 400 years of silence that Israel endured...
Thought of the Day
By spiritaflame 11:43 AM Thought of the Day"There is no one who, if he just thinks about it a little cannot find very good reasons to express his gratitude to God." (St. Bernard, Sermon on the sixth Sunday after Pentecost,...
Thanksgiving Day Blessing Service Leader: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. All: Amen. Leader: Let us glorify the Lord who fills us with his...
"God gave you this day to do just as you would. You can throw it away--or do some good. You can make someone happy, or make someone sad, What have you done with...
Act of Dedication of the Human Race to Jesus Christ King. A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful, who piously recite the Act of Dedication of the Human Race to Jesus Christ...
"We thank you, God, for the care that did not come to try us, the burden that we did not bear, the trouble that passed by us, the task we did not fail...
Teachings: Fear Not (Part I)
By spiritaflame 11:59 AM TeachingsSEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1FEAR NOT—I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS. (Is 41:10) (Part I) 1Keep silence before me, O coastlands; GOTOBUTTON 29041001_45_1 *...
"Only he who gives thanks for little things receives the big things." (Dietrich Bonhoeffer) Gratitude opens our hearts to the more God desires to give us. What would happen if we intentionally each...
Reading Reflections: Feast of Christ the King, Gospel B
By spiritaflame 11:24 AM Reading ReflectionsPilate said to Jesus, "Are you the King of the Jews?" The religious leaders had already informed Pilate that Jesus has been talking about establishing a new kingdom. Pilate could not ignore this...
“We cultivate a very small field for Christ, but we love it, knowing that God does not require great achievements but a heart that holds back nothing for self…. The truest crosses are...
Today, I read an article about giving thanks to God for his many graces. The person was challenged to identify one thousand graces God gave. I took the challenge and started recalling the...
As we come to the end of the Liturgical Year, the Church begins to reflect on the end-times statements of Jesus in the Gospel, of which this is one. Jesus said: "But in...
“No one, however weak, is denied a share in the victory of the cross. No one is beyond the help of the prayer of Christ.” (Pope St. Leo the Great) Salvation is a...
Thought of the Day
By spiritaflame 10:11 AM Thought of the DayWhat does it mean for us to be Temples of the Holy Spirit? A Temple is a sacred place in which the worship of God takes place. For the Israelites, the Temple was...
"Forgiving means to pardon that which is unpardonable, or it is no virtue at all. (G. K. Chesterton) Is this not what Jesus has done and does for us? From one point of...
"The Scriptures give four names to Christians: Believers--for their faith, Saints--for their holiness, Brethren--for their love, Disciples--for their zeal." (Anon) How Christian are we? Is our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ bringing...
When the Pharisees with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus, they observed that some of his disciples ate their meals with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands. The fact that...
"If we wish to make any progress in the service of God we must begin every day of our life with new eagerness. We must keep ourselves in the presence of God as...
DEEP SPRINGS IN DESERT PLACES: PRAYER Life is a journey. At times our journey seem to go through arid periods. We feel alone and abandoned, even by God. We don't understand what is...
“Everything, even sweeping, scraping vegetables, weeding a garden and waiting on the sick could be a prayer, if it were offered to God.” (St. Martin de Porres) The way to sanctity can be...
"Lord God, you are the glory of believers and the life of the just. Your son redeemed us by dying and rising to life again. Since our departed brothers and sisters believed in...
