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Luke
posted in Personal Reflections
on August 22nd, 2025 at 13:50
Lord Your Will and Not Mine
Lord, somethings I think this is the hardest to pray, your Will and not mine. Even when I pray this help my heart to believe it. Come Holy Spirit. I…
"For in sacrifice you take no delight,burnt offering from me you would refuse,my sacrifice, a contrite spirit,A humbled, contrite heart you will not spurn."Psalm 51:16-17Am I Poor Enough, Lord?You said the poor in spirit, Lord,Are blessed, receive a rich reward.Not those who boast of what they’ve done,But those who bow and say, “I’ve none.”The world exalts the strong, the wise,The noble soul that others prize.Yet You call blessed those who fall—The lowly ones who give their all.I thought the seminary wayWould win Your favor, day by day.My zeal was mine, my crown alone;I built a kingdom, not Your throne.My love for crowds once pushed me through,But pleasing men was far from You.They placed me high, I wore their crown,And learned Your way begins with down.For poverty of spirit showsWe drop the props, let go of pose—To stand before You, bare, undone,And whisper softly, “I’ve none.”It’s like the beggar at Your gateWho waits and learns, and learns to wait.No pride, no claim, no virtue still—Just empty hands to meet Your will.So here I come with a trembling heart,Confused and drifting in the dark.My trust is thin, my doubts revealHow hard it is for wounds to heal.I long to yield, to give, to fill—To lay my life before Your will.Yet fears and questions haunt me still:Am I pleasing to You still?
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Luke
posted in Personal Reflections
on August 22nd, 2025 at 9:14
Guide Me Lord
Dear Lord, I do not know what today brings. I do know you will be there and I choose to sit close to you. Protect me today. Protect my family.…
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edenj
posted in Personal Reflections
on August 22nd, 2025 at 7:52
TODAY WE CELEBRATE THE QUEENSHIP OF MARY
“For behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed; because he that is mighty hath done great things to me; and holy is his name.” Luke 1:48–4On this solemn…
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M. A.
replied to I will go where you go
on August 22nd, 2025 at 7:19
“You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart and your neighbor as yourself.”
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Peter R.
posted in Personal Reflections
on August 22nd, 2025 at 2:02
I will go where you go
The love of God is expressed in the lives of many of His saints and prophets. In many men and women of old. Like in the life and love that…
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Luke
posted in Personal Reflections
on August 21st, 2025 at 22:41
Restful and Peaceful night
Lord, please allow my last conversationn to leave my mind. It was not fruitful. Come Holy Spirit upon my family. Enter their hearts and rest your peace there. Bless our…
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on August 21st, 2025 at 21:22
O Queen Mother
You are a mere servant like all of us.Yet, an emissary from on high descended upon you,to adorn you with a glossary of honour,to announce you an accessory for the Most…
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hazcompat
posted in Personal Reflections
on August 21st, 2025 at 20:40
Together we form one person, and we cannot be separated!
The inward stirring and touching of God makes us hungry and yearning; for the Spirit of God hunts our spirit: and the more it touches it, the greater our hunger…
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edenj
posted in Personal Reflections
on August 21st, 2025 at 19:54
PRAYER OF ST. AUGUSTINE
Take Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, all that I have and possess. Thou hast given all to me. To Thee, O…
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