“And this is the confidence that we have toward Him, that if we ask anything according to His will He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of Him.” –1 John 5:14-15 Read more…
Come, Holy Spirit, Divine Creator, true source of light and fountain of wisdom! Pour forth your brilliance upon my dense intellect, dissipate the darkness which covers me, that of sin and of ignorance. Grant me a penetrating mind to understand, a retentive memory, method and ease in learning, the lucidity Read more…
“The whole point about St. Francis of Assisi is that he certainly was ascetical and he certainly was not gloomy… There was nothing negative about it; it was not a regimen or a stoical simplicity of life. It was not self-denial merely in the sense of self-control. It was as Read more…
God, give me grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.
“Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?” –Matthew 6:26 Stress is everywhere. On Monday, we stress about the work week ahead. On Thursday, we stress over procrastinated Read more…
After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. Just then there appeared before Read more…
Our Father, we worship and love Thee and it is one point of our worship that Thou art holy. Time was when we loved Thee for Thy mercy. We knew no more, but now Thou hast changed our hearts and made us in love with goodness, purity, justice, true holiness, Read more…
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” -Matthew 7:7 Recently, I finished reading the book Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer that investigates the spiritual result of Christ-like rest. By removing distractions such as Read more…
Let me Know Myself Lord Jesus, Let me know myself and know You, And desire nothing save only You. Let me hate myself and love You. Let me do everything for the sake of You. Let me humble myself and exalt You. Let me think of nothing except You. Let Read more…
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” –Matthew 5:3 Who are the poor in spirit? They are not those who scavenge the streets. They do not beg for mundane things, nor are they the people searching to fill their voids with that which the Read more…