Prayer
Prayers for October 2023
I will be taking part in the All Souls novena for souls in purgatory and possibly another one or two. How about you?
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Let's Have an Adventure
"In a recent article on postmodern spirituality, Timothy Muldoon makes the following claim about many contemporary young people: 'But what is so utterly foreign to many is the experience of falling in love with God. Religion, for them, is an intellectual exercise rooted in the individual conscience, rather than a response to a God who holds out a hand to say…
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Books Read: September 2023 Edition
Everyday Utopia by Kristen R. Ghodsee Fulfulled Study by Ascension Press Praying for Priests by Kathleen Beckman Fulfilled by Sonja Corbitt Assassin of Reality by Arina & Sergey Dyanchenko Demon in the Wood by Leigh Bardugo One for My Enemy by Olivie Blake Doctors and Distillers by Camper English Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey Book of Night by Holly Black Fou…
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Everywhere Is Only Him
"I went down like that to the laundry room where they were scrubbing for all they were worth, and I tried to do like the others. I splashed and soaked myself all over, but that didn't matter, I was thrilled! Oh, you see, everything is delightful in Carmel, we find God at the wash just as at prayer. Everywhere is only Him. We live Him, we breathe Him. If you …
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Radical Jesus
"Jesus was a radical. He reminds us at every turn that God's ways are not a slight variation of man's ways, but they are in fact radically different. Embrace any one of Jesus' teachings seriously and some of the people around you are bound to think that you are taking it a little too far. His teachings don't invite us to the mediocre middle. The…
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A Twist on 60/60
"Offer each hour or activity of your day to God as a prayer for a specific intention. Set an alarm to go off each hour. Take a deep breath and lift the coming hour up to God. Ten seconds at the beginning of each hour will change your life." page 66 Resisting Happiness by Matthew Kelly This is an interesting idea to build off the 60/60 I wrote about here . …
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Ponderings
"Thus, the matter in which the Carmelites follow the gospel takes on a deeply Marian character. Mary: magnifies the Lord and exults in the wonders of his merciful love (cf. Lk 1:46); listens to and ponders in her heart all the things concerning Jesus (cf. Lk :19, 51); identifies herself with her people, especially those in need, the spirtually and materially po…
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