Spiritual Journey: When you face obstacles to freedom in Christ

Why do you allow stonesto standin your waywhen they can beso easily moved? What path on earthcan’t be clearedby the thundering power of God? Don’t fall for the illusionof being trapped – just ask and allow the Divine Broom to sweep away obstaclesto the freedom you were born for – All things truly are possible […]

What my toddler daughter can teach us about contemplative prayer

She opens her heart and expects the heavens to shower graces like rain. Of course, they always do. How could God resist such sweetness? My daughter’s name is Celia, which means heavenly. She is truly a gift from God and a reminder of the gift that all children are. In the glory of her toddlerhood, […]

Journey into the Heart of God with Saint Catherine of Siena

Sister, saint, dear heavenly friend, please pray for me. Teach me how to believe like you did. Show me how to be brave like you were. Be the spark that helps me start a wildfire of God’s love, like you said we all can. Saint Catherine of Siena was a mystic, saint and doctor of […]

Deeper Life: How to cultivate the heart of a contemplative amidst the chaos of everyday life

In the silence of prayer, I am filled with a stillness that breathes within me. I am learning to rest in this calm without ceasing. Sometimes now, I can remain full of peace, while walking through the chaos that used to sink me. I am beginning to understand how I’m supposed to be in this […]

Prayers to Light Your Path: The Our Father

Thank You Father for calling us ever more deeply into the safety of Your arms. Thank You for purifying the disposition of our hearts to more closely resemble Your own. Thank You for inviting us into the truth, onto the path of infinite love. Thank You for teaching us to forgive, to surrender, to trust […]

Unite in Prayer: Start a ripple effect of God’s love, which is more powerful than this pandemic

We can’t always see the way love flows through our hearts into the world around us, the way it creates invisible ripples that extend on and on, the way it travels faster than light across time and space into eternity, the way it pours down from heaven like rain and gradually soaks us through and […]

A mother’s prayer for growing kids

Lord, You created them and have a plan for their lives. You know them better than I ever will and love them more than I possibly can. You are capable of being there for them in every moment. As they grow, as I have to learn to let go… I ask that you fill their […]

Special Blessing for you to experience Christ’s unconditional love

Like a blanket placed gently over your shoulders, I pray you are wrapped in the miraculous healing power of Christ’s infinite love for you. I pray you can feel the warmth of His presence embracing you with unconditional love, filling your heart with peace.   When’s the last time you encountered Christ’s unconditional love for […]

Prayers to Light Your Path: The Seven Sorrows of Mary Rosary

just another heart pierced by the sorrows of this world, open enough notice I’m not alone, joined with the chorus of longing for a love big enough to heal the ache just another soul seeking wisdom from our Divine Mother, who has been through it all and more and is miraculously still overflowing with grace […]

Unite in Prayer with St. Gertrude the Great’s Prayer for Souls

In the Catholic tradition, it is considered a Spiritual Work of Mercy to Pray for the Living and the Dead. Jesus promised Saint Gertrude the Great that 1,000 souls would be freed from purgatory and sent into heaven every time this prayer is said with genuine affect: Eternal Father, I offer You the most Precious […]