What love of mine could match yours, oh Lord?
Nothing that is within me is worthy.
I love instead with that love you gave mankind to share.
Your Love is a treasure nearly incomprehensible!
May I learn to embrace the full wealth of Your Love, return it fully to You
And share it well with all those to whom It is offered
-Amen.

St. Therese, what wonderful graces flow from the examples of our saints and holy ones! Thank you for your Little Way -- the simple means of seeking perfection and entering the love of God.

I ask your intercession for two servants, Joe Ajamie and Adam Barth, that the glory of our Father be shown through them to those living and following His Son's mission here. His will be done in all of our lives.

Amen.

The waters have risen and severe storms are upon us, but we do not fear drowning, for we stand firmly upon a rock. Let the sea rage, it cannot break the rock. Let the waves rise, they cannot sink the boat of Jesus. What are we to fear? Death? Life to me means Christ, and death is gain<< MORE >>

Lord, my desire to respond to your love fills me! How do I respond to You with the earthly response to "love others" in the fashion that would I love You? While I am so aware of and fight my own sinfulness, I do not know how to respond to those close to me who would be a cause of sinfulness in others close to me<< MORE >>

The Way of Perfection" of St Teresa of Ávila

What person, however careless, who had to address someone of importance, would not spend time in thinking how to approach him so as to please him and not be considered tedious? He would also think what he was going to ask for and what use he would make of it, especially if his petition were for some particular thing, as our good Jesus tells us our petitions must be. This point seems to me very important. Could you not, my Lord, have ended this prayer in a single sentence, by saying: “Give ...<< MORE >>

Today our Lord Jesus Christ ascended into heaven; let our hearts ascend with him. Listen to the words of the Apostle: If you have risen with Christ, set your hearts on the things that are above where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God; seek the things that are above, not the things that are on earth. For just as he remained with us even after his ascension, so we too are already in heaven with him, even though what is promised us has not yet been fulfilled in our bodies...<< MORE >>

Your priest Luther could not find the forgiveness he searched for in the sacrament of Reconciliation. The connection to an earthly line of priests bestowed with the power to forgive was lost to him. So, he remade Church tradition to offer forgiveness to all by default, upon Jesus's sacrifice upon the Cross. What then and where will the Holy Spirit intercede some more on behalf of the Church?

This life provides little joy, and I long for the eternal joy of heaven. But, is not this life also a trial and journey to share the love of Christ with the living ...<< MORE >>

Lord, I would ask for a sign, but You know the time and place for such a proof. I would read and pray. I often find no comfort, but persist. You are there, I know. I would follow, but I am so slow to put my full faith in You.Jesus, you died for my and my and my unbelief. May I bind my hurt and pain to that love which took the Cross. Holy Spirit, the love cast from the Cross, the radiance that shows forth from His death and resurrection: I pray a soul empty of self, to be ...<< MORE >>

“Fear” is not to be taken in the sense that common usage gives it. Fear in this ordinary sense is the trepidation our weak humanity feels when it is afraid of suffering something it does not want to happen. We are afraid, or made afraid, because of a guilty conscience, the rights of someone more powerful, an attack from one who is stronger, sickness, encountering a wild beast, suffering evil in any form. This kind of fear is not taught: it happens because we ...<< MORE >>

In You there is rest. In You there is hope. Against trial and chaos, You are the guiding light leading us to joy. Your Son calls us to brotherhood with Him; in time of sorrow He is there and His own life He did not spare in proving how far He would share our trials. He died for sinners to bring joy to those who look to Him.

Make me a worthy vessel of Your grace. Your love. Your hope. That I may share it with those around me, to inspire them to work toward the ultimate end of life, every day embracing this gift of life, assisting others to carry their crosses, while also shouldering ours.

True happiness is found in You. Despite all, joy is found in serving You. I reach my hand to touch Your corss, in my mind, and know that the ultimate destiny has already been purchased by Your Body and Blood.  Thank you for the bounty that is ours, and for the trials that remind us of of You. Amen.