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edenj
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on March 24th, 2025 at 20:04
EVERYBODY, READ THE
Exposition of the Magnificat by Saint John Eudes
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hazcompat
posted in Personal Reflections
on March 24th, 2025 at 18:45
Jesus, I trust in you!
"A person is said to have faith when, on the basis of what he can see, he believes in what he cannot see. But to believe in what we can…
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on March 24th, 2025 at 13:17
It is so true. So many times we do not hear or see what great things God wants for us, because we are so willful. We are often arrogant in believing we know better than the God who knows all and loves completely and perfectly. We see this same arrogance in the people at Nazareth who wanted to kill Jesus before he could scarcely begin to declare his love for them. So, what is to be done about this? Recognizing God's greatness for what it truly is (fear of the Lord) leads us also to recognize our smallness, and so also our need for him (wisdom). Finding ourselves in this lowly place is recognizing the reality of our lives, because this is how God sees us, (in our need). In this moment we feel the call to prayer, to turn to the only one who can help us. We must go to our inner room and close the door, to be with the Lord who wants to heal us and solve all of our problems. In this space of personal prayer, it is God himself who shows us who we are, who he is, who takes away the things that distract us from him, teaches us how to follow him, and gives us the strength to do the same. Let us pray for one another and for the world. God bless you.
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hazcompat
posted in Personal Reflections
on March 24th, 2025 at 9:55
Be still and know that I AM GOD! (Psalm 46:10)
" It is very rare to find people whose intelligence is in a state of stillness. Indeed, such a state is only to be found in those who through their…
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Pia R.
posted in Personal Reflections
on March 24th, 2025 at 9:14
Blessing Precious Lian
My Precious, As Psalm 147 above says, "He showers down snow white as wool, he scatters hoar frost like ashes." May you embody this imagery—soft yet strong, delicate yet steadfast,…
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Pia R.
posted in Personal Reflections
on March 24th, 2025 at 8:50
Blessing for Sis Ella
Birthday Blessings to a truly remarkable sister! Your warm hospitality and approachable nature are gifts that bring joy to all who know you. Your kindness knows no bounds, as your…
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Jeanne
posted in Personal Reflections
on March 24th, 2025 at 4:40
They are happy, whose strength is in you, in whose hearts are the roads to Zion. As they go through the Bitter Valley they make it a place of springs
Amazing to think that in our very hearts are the road to Zion...we carry the path to heaven within us...remembering when You allow us to walk in the bitter valley…
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BERNADETTE C.
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on March 23rd, 2025 at 20:08
Thank you for sharing this, it is a profound story of healing of God and believers from all walks of life Praises be to Jesus, His Holy Face and Mary, Her Immaculate Heart and Joseph, Our Protector and Model of Humility
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hazcompat
posted in Personal Reflections
on March 23rd, 2025 at 18:36
I will come to you in the silence!
"We need to be present to and with the Lord, in silence as Mary practiced silence. We begin with silence of the will, that is, willing nothing but the will…
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Ralph
posted in Personal Reflections
on March 23rd, 2025 at 8:22
Ralph on Morning Prayer for Third Sunday of Lent on March 23rd, 2025 at 7:56
O God,author of every mercy and of all goodness,who in fasting, prayer and almsgivinghave shown us a remedy for sin,look graciously on this confession of our lowliness,that we, who are…
Amen, …quieting the ego.
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