His Grace is Sufficient: Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer
Saint John of the Cross uses the sevenfold imagery of Saint Teresa's mansions. Interesting that these are the two saints I'm most attracted to and whose works I'm also currently reading (Interior Castle and Dark Night of the Soul) If a man remains faithful . . . the...
Novena for Homeschooling Mothers
I was cleaning my files out today, and found this novena for homeschooling mothers which I had downloaded from the Internet. I can't remember where, though, it may have been one of the many mommy blogs I read from time to time. If by chance the owner of this pdf file...
Getting to Know God: Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer
More scraps of meditation while rereading: Page 32. stripped of [their] belongings, knowing that [they] owned something that was better and lasting I've only ever been in two situations where I felt so terribly alone and couldn't cling to anyone else but God. The...
Brain Dump: Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer
You know you need a brain dump when your co-retreatant starts asking how you're doing. 😀 The last couple of days were really crazy. I jotted down thoughts on and off during the day, but didn't have the energy to put them together into a cohesive whole by evening,...
Dialing Down: Deep Conversion Deep Prayer
Temptations when you’re trying to get holy.
Uncovering Resistance: Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer
such consistency in the human race is rather rare Hm. So the goal is to be one of the rare. 😀 Petty gossiping, lies, laziness, vanities seem to worry many people very little Hm. I admit I have not really been bothered about these because I don't gossip, or lie, or...
The Call to Sainthood: Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer
Lenten Thoughts on Deep Conversation Deep Prayer
Heroic Virtue: Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer
As I grow in my spiritual life over the years, I find that trying to figure out God and my relationship with Him means trying to figure out my husband. When Fr. Thomas Dubay talked about "heroic", my first thought was: "My husband! OF COURSE!" My husband isn't...
Resolute Progress: Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer
When it's Lent, anything that could possibly go wrong, will go wrong. Just in the past week, the oven handle has come off several times the vent finally gave out and had to be replaced and today the water filter suddenly cracked. Lent for my hubby should be officially...
Combating Egocentrism: Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer
One way to combat egocentrism... is to focus on everything that God has made and done for us. Because it's all His. Our time, our talent, our visions, our gifts, our children, they're all "ours", but borrowed, for a while. Everything is ultimately His. So I'm using...
Metanoia: Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer
Fr. Dubay points out something very interesting about Mark 1:15, and asks us to consider the following: The passage says, "Be converted and accept the gospel," as opposed to "Accept the gospel and it will convert you." The conversion, the turning of the mind, has to...
Why I Love My Spouse/Why I Love God: Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer
Years ago, I was in one of those moods, and I asked my husband why he loved me. His response? "Because you love me." I was quite perturbed by his response. "What are you saying, you only love me because I love you? That's the best you can do?" "What do you want me to...
Murphy’s Law: Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer
Yesterday, Valentine's Day, was as horrible as it could possibly be. This happens every Lent, like clockwork. If you start writing about how holy your kids are, by the time you hit publish at the end of you day, you'll be wishing you didn't have kids. If you ask for...
Radical Transformation: Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer
Ash Wednesday in our home is a day of radical transformation. There's an immediate change in atmosphere: the house is quieter, and my teen is playing chant (a rarity these days, for him). I woke up to two kids who have purposely given up their hair for Lent. My 16-yo...
Plumbing the Depths: Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer
Lenten Reading: On the dedication page of the book, there's a quote from Blessed John Paul II, which he addressed to the Austrian bishops, but is quite applicable to us as parents. "Your first duty as pastors is not projects and organizations, but to lead your people...