O Jesus, Good Shepherd, who have come to save what was lost, you have established the priesthood of the Holy Church, so that the work of Redemption might be perpetuated. We ask you urgently: send laborers into your vineyard! Give your Holy Church worthy and holy priests. Give your Holy Church religious brothers and sisters. [Read More…]
Archives for 2014
Thursday’s Prayer for Priests
August 7, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Summit Climbing
August 6, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I remembered being light headed and giddy. The man who had brought me to that secluded place held me tight as we leaned against the rocks of an adjoining mountainside. The air tickled my lungs in a way that a city girl—I was from Detroit—rarely experienced. There was a purity and thinness between where we [Read More…]
Tuesday’s Prayer for Sisters and Nuns
August 5, 2014 by Leave a Comment
This prayer is for those who feel the burden of our times, which includes our Sisters and Nuns. It was shared by Fr. Mike, the priest at Saints Cornelius & Cyprian Church, a small parish in farm country where I usually attend daily Mass. O God, we pray this day: for all who have a song they cannot [Read More…]
Travelling Bouquet Bag, Practical Gardening Series
August 1, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Sharing flowers from your garden is a joy for both you and the recipient. Here’s a handy way to transport those posies using a coffee bag! 1. Rinse well an emptied coffee bag. No need to use soap, coffee oils won’t hurt a thing. 2. That little vacuum button on the front? Sometimes they aren’t [Read More…]
Thursday’s Prayer for Priests
July 31, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Look kindly Lord, on your priests, religious, and laymen who left all to witness to your word and your love. Be to each one of them a “…powerful protector and their strong support, their shade from the midday sun, their shelter from the desert wind, a guard against stumbling, an assurance against a fall…” (Ecc [Read More…]
Feed Me. Now!
July 30, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Mass was at a church that had been reclassified, rather, to use the Bishop’s words, “suppressed” as an Oratory. After a priest created a rift in the faithful the number of parishioners had dropped. The decline in the worshipping community never regained its former attendance. I sat back and lifted the kneeler having offered the [Read More…]
Tuesday’s Prayer for Sisters and Nuns
July 29, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Lord Jesus Christ, watch over your missionary Sisters and Nuns who leave everything to give testimony to your word and your love. In difficult moments, sustain their energies, comfort their hearts, and crown their work with spiritual achievements. Let the image of you crucified on the Cross, which accompanies them throughout life, speak to them of [Read More…]
Thursdays Prayer for Priests Persecuted by ISIS
July 24, 2014 by Leave a Comment
This prayer appeared in a similar version for Sisters and Nuns on Tuesday: St. Michael the Archangel, defend and protect our Priests and monks in this time of great danger in Iraq. As they are persecuted for their faith, and in their fleeing from Islamic extremist, keep anger and hatred from damaging their souls. Help them [Read More…]
Concise Silence
July 23, 2014 by Leave a Comment
For those of us called to an anchoritic life, the silence of solitude teaches interior repose and perseverance in prayer, turning towards the Spirit within as the sunflower turns towards and follows the sun. The perspective and peace brought of silence is, rarely, an opened parcel in daily life. We twirl about stepping over [Read More…]
Tuesday’s Prayer for Sisters and Nuns Persecuted in Iraq
July 22, 2014 by Leave a Comment
St. Michael the Archangel, defend and protect our Sisters and Nuns in this time of great danger in Iraq. As they are persecuted for their faith, and in their fleeing from Islamic extremist, keep anger and hatred from damaging their souls. Help them to be a candle in this chaotic night of oppression that they [Read More…]
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