O Merciful Father, as I prepare to celebrate Your birth and manifestation to Your world in the Person of Your Son Jesus, give me the great gift of inward peace. Command the winds and storms of my unruly passions. Subdue … Continue reading
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O Heavenly Father, teach me that, as Your child, worry has no place in my life. I know that it helps nothing. I know that worry overcomes no difficulty. Often in the past, O Lord, I have come to You … Continue reading
For Pondering and Reflection What good is it to me if this eternal birth of the divine Son takes place unceasingly but does not take place within myself? What good is it to me if Mary is full of grace … Continue reading
O Gracious and Loving Father, unto Whom all hearts are open, unto Whom all wills do speak and from Whom no secret thing is hidden, I beseech You to cleanse the purpose of my heart with the unutterable gift of … Continue reading
Almighty God, help me, as I prepare to celebrate Your birth as a human and Your revelation as our Triune God during the Baptism of Jesus by John, to realize that my life is a gift from You, given, not … Continue reading
O Heavenly Father, help me to prepare myself to celebrate the coming theophanic feasts that herald Your Incarnation in the Person of Jesus. In these feasts You truly revealed Yourself as Trinity and Your great love for humankind. Open my … Continue reading
Which of these three, in your opinion, was neighbor to the man who fell in with the robbers? The answer came, “The one who treated him with compassion.” Jesus said to him, “Then go and do the same.” In today’s … Continue reading
Almighty God, help me to sincerely prepare myself to celebrate the coming Winter Feasts. I join with my sisters and brothers in offering this prayer as we begin this fast: Rejoice O Bethlehem and be ready O Ephrata! Behold, the … Continue reading
In the last issue of this article, I tried to present the position of Ephesus (431) about the Person of Christ. As you know, the Church struggled for centuries to find the right and appropriate way to express the Incarnation … Continue reading
In the last issue of this article I suggested that one form of prayer that we might use is memorized prayer (i.e., those prayers that we learned very early in our lives). There are, however, other types of prayer. Spontaneous … Continue reading