In writing about this experience, I realized that I was also being taught about the absolute perfection of God’s timing. Even in grief, we can still have peace that there is perfection in His timing and perfection in His purpose for each human being, whether they go to Him before they are born or sometime afterward. … More Unexpected Grace: Lessons I Learned in Miscarriage
A flower. A levee. A stable full of straw. God does not require elaborate settings or polished prayers. He requires only an open heart — and sometimes, He sends someone to help us open it. … More She Caught Up With Me: A Guided Meditation on Grief, Mary, and the God Who Waits
Soul of Christ, sanctify me.
Body of Christ, save me.
Blood of Christ, inebriate me. … More Anima Christi Prayer
After Nancy left, the silence was deafening. I sharply felt the absence of Ralph in every silent moment. I turned on the television or music to stop from hearing the silence. To this day, more than two years since God took Ralph, I still haven’t fully recovered the joy of silence. … More When the Silence is Deafening, How Can You Pray?
But after that moment of surrender, something changed. My prayer life became something new, something deeper and more meaningful. In the past, when I heard people say they had a devotion to Our Lady, I secretly wished I also did. … More The Dance of Surrender: Finding Christ in Eucharistic Prayer After Loss
This experience of praying for indulgences for my mom brought me closer to God and to the souls in purgatory. … More My Mother, My Intercessor
Say not: Why disclose all my wants to God, since He already sees and knows them better than I do? Yes, He knows them; but He acts as if He did not know the needs about which you do not speak to Him and for which you do not seek His aid. … More A Method of Conversing Continually and Lovingly with God
Protect us in Thy mercy, deliver us from danger, help us in our necessities, and impart to us strength to persevere always in the imitation of Thy Holy Family, so that, by serving Thee and loving Thee faithfully during this mortal life, we may at length give Thee eternal praise in heaven. … More Daily Prayer Before a Picture of the Holy Family
Let me fly from myself and take refuge in Thee,
That I may deserve to be defended by Thee. … More Let me know myself and know Thee
Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the masses said throughout the world today, for all the holy souls in purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal church, those in my own home and within my family.
Amen. … More Prayer of St. Gertrude the Great for the Souls in Purgatory