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Reflect Have you ever thought that there are parts of you that God despises or that prevent you from entering more closely into His presence?  Pray Loving God, You are the one who knitted us together in the womb,the Shepherd who ...

Reflect  It’s easier to forgive others than it is to forgive ourselves. We can be our own worst critic because of the lies we tell and believe about ourselves. But self-accusation isn’t holy; it’s a weight Jesus never asked us to carry.  Pray  Jesus, I give you my regret. Help me to believe that ...

Reflect  Psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl asserts, “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” We have the freedom to shape our attitudes regardless of life’s external circumstances. Francis of Assisi ...

Reflect Among those processing into Mass were a woman unloading a walker for her husband in a leg brace, a husband leaning over to push a wheelchair holding his wife (in the final stages of cancer) up a slight incline, ...

Reflect  Thomas of Celano observed of Francis of Assisi that “his life was a prayer.” Francis met every moment and encounter prayerfully and carefully. Each moment was an opportunity to respond God’s presence in his human and non-human companions. Your life can be a ...

Reflect Have you ever criticized yourself for not doing “enough spiritually”?  Not saying the right devotions, not kneeling the whole time, not paying attention enough?  Pray Heavenly Father, You ask for our faithfulness not for great tasks and efforts. You call us because we are ...