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“How do we make ourselves available as Mary made herself available? That’s what we’re called to do this Advent”

by Annie | Nov 28, 2022 | 0 comments

Here are this week’s must-reads: + “How do we make ourselves available as Mary made herself available? That’s what we’re called to do this Advent: We are called to focus on Christ, to focus on His face, to focus on loving him and allowing him...

“Sensitivity is a Gift from God”

by Annie | Nov 22, 2022 | 0 comments

Here are this week’s must-reads: + “It’s fair to ask, Why bother to pray, “Thy will be done”? Isn’t it presumptuous, or even redundant? Isn’t God’s will what happens anyway? Why pray for God’s will? It seems like...

“Make a daily decision to love”

by Annie | Nov 15, 2022 | 0 comments

Here are this week’s must-reads: + “When you replace ‘Why is this happening to me?’ with ‘What is God trying to show me?’ everything changes.” — Tear the Veil + “Make a daily, conscious decision to love your...

“Preserve the warmth of the family, because the warmth of the whole world cannot make up for it.” – St. Charbel

by Annie | Nov 8, 2022 | 0 comments

Here are this week’s must-reads: + “I find it interesting how the saints are usually known for that one thing they excelled at. St. Teresa of Avila, for example, being the doctor of mental prayer and the interior life. However, it was also the thing that...

“And every day, when your heart especially feels the loneliness of life, pray.”

by Annie | Nov 1, 2022 | 0 comments

Here are this week’s must-reads: + “God promises He can use our heartbreak for good. And He is a God who keeps His promises. There may be plenty of moments you find yourself in a heap of tears still hurting through the process. But let me be the friend who...

“We must also give praise and thanks, only in this way is our prayer complete.”

by Annie | Oct 25, 2022 | 0 comments

Here are this week’s must-reads: + “The highest form of prayer is to stand silently in awe before God.”—St Isaac the Syrian + “May we keep our eyes and hearts fixed on God and focused only on the light… May we be open to seeing...

“Our path to holiness is paved”

by Annie | Oct 18, 2022 | 0 comments

Here are this week’s must-reads: + “To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.” — G.K. Chesterton + If you like knowing which...

“When the burden is beyond my strength…”

by Annie | Oct 11, 2022 | 0 comments

Here are this week’s must-reads: + One of the ways we can train ourselves to see God’s hand in our lives is to look around and recognize what we’re grateful for that day. That past week or the last year. We may not always see it in the present moment —...