You, My Lord, light up my darkness. I join my voice to the bright “Hosannas” of adoring angels. With the elect of Heaven here at my side, I call upon these holy saints and angels to remember before the throne of God all who labor in Your vineyard. Make me Your monstrance that I may … Continue reading
My All in All
Lord, be the Alpha and Omega of my moments this day. Be the beginning and end of my every thought, inclination and desire, the motus primo primi of my every action. I offer you each breath I draw, every heart beat. I expose to Your Merciful Heart my every sin, failure and fault. I lay … Continue reading
How Wisdom Treats His Mother – the Queenship of Mary
King Solomon is, as the Church teaches, a type of Christ. Let us note the regard and honor with which he treats his mother. If he, who was blessed by God with wisdom, honors the Queen Mother so, how much more should we regard , Mother Mary, given us from the Cross as our Mother … Continue reading
Move the Hands of God by Prayer
In the silence God invites without words. My prayers are often noisy affairs filled with faces, memories, love and feelings of sorrow. I am often overwhelmed and moved to tears by the poignancy of a fleeting thought. My heart tells me that what seems insignificant holds a treasure. God’s gifts often come in disguise like … Continue reading
Come, O Creator of Man
Depravity now has its day, The festering city Erupts to spew abuse, First on its children, And then on those Who come to its aid. Perversity mocks virtue, Opening it’s robes, To welcome strangers for a night, No home, no family, no love. Let Sin not reign, Call out again. Seek liberty of spirit, Spurn … Continue reading
I love because I love, I love that I may love
From a sermon by Saint Bernard, abbot I love because I love, I love that I may love Love is sufficient of itself, it gives pleasure by itself and because of itself. It is its own merit, its own reward. Love looks for no cause outside itself, no effect beyond itself. Its profit lies in … Continue reading
