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“I love that Catholics write down their prayers.”
Before her conversion, Bonnie was talking to a friend from college who was also attending Catholic faith classes.
Bonnie had to think about this for a minute.
What a wonderful blessing these prayers are! There’s always a prayer you can turn to when you’re too troubled to come up with the words, and always one to fit your needs.
Many have been around for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Some are more modern but still speak to the hearts of the faithful.
What’s your favorite prayer?
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Queen Elizabeth set the bar. And while she didn't often exhibit her faith in a public way, every Christmas, she took the opportunity to use her Christmas message to talk about ... Christ!
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This Sunday’s reading is the prodigal son.
We all know it. We probably brush it off.
But cling to the promise at the end.
When we live with God, everything is ours.
Maybe not immediately. Sometimes we have to wait. Sometimes we have to wait until heaven.
But God keeps his promises.
Everything is ours.
So, let’s be God’s.
Venerable Fulton Sheen, pray for us!
"The day I heard Roe v. Wade was overturned, I felt compelled to write a letter to my son.
"This is strange because, being only 16 months old, reading is a bit beyond him. But I knew I had to write it for the future. You see, my son is different from most children.
"He was born with a host of medical difficulties and has spent much of his short life either living in the hospital or making far too frequent visits there. We still don’t know quite what causes his many ailments, and we’re learning day-by-day how to live with and love through them. But we do know that he is the best of gifts.
"Still, his little life has pushed against my assumptions about God, suffering and the meaning of life in ways I never anticipated. My long-standing pro-life convictions similarly have undergone the crucible of deep questioning that only suffering can really elicit.
"This letter, then, is my attempt to communicate to my son what his life has taught me so far about this crucial, divisive and profoundly personal issue. I am forever grateful to him for the many lessons he continues to teach me every day."
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Happy Sabbath.
"My child, conduct your affairs with humility,
and you will be loved more than a giver of gifts.
Humble yourself the more, the greater you are,
and you will find favor with God.
What is too sublime for you, seek not,
into things beyond your strength search not.
The mind of a sage appreciates proverbs,
and an attentive ear is the joy of the wise.
Water quenches a flaming fire,
and alms atone for sins."
(From this Sunday's reading from Sirach.)
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St. Ignatius of Loyola, pray for us!
God hasn't forgotten you.
He also isn't holding out on you.
Your life might look different than you planned. It might look different than your friends' lives.
But you are not your friends.
You are you, and God knows that better than anyone.
So, if you are feeling the ache of "being left behind," take heart, sister. God loves you yesterday, today and forever. Lean into him, and let the still small voice in your heart guide you as his abundant will for your life takes shape.
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Let's pray the Lord's Prayer together.
Happy Sunday!
"He who carries God in his heart, carries Heaven with him wherever he goes."
-St. Ignatius of Loyola
We are all probably pretty familiar with today's Gospel reading:
"The Lord said to her in reply, 'Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her.'”
Martha seemed to be the type of person who always had to be doing something, who put her worth in her work.
Whether this is an anxiety you share, or maybe it's something different, you are not alone.
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Sts. Martha and Mary, pray for us.
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