Because we are people of love, one of the most difficult things to do is to recover from the experience of a love gone bad. Healing from a broken heart is difficult to come by. But it happens. And we are usually made better by the experience, if we truly allow ourselves to learn from … Continue reading #40: Please Heal My Love Wounds
#39: How Lovely is Your Dwelling Place
Today we pray for the many dwelling places of God in our world. We pray for the high places, the mountains, the great views that bring man feel that God is near. We pray for the many different churches and chapels and temples and synagogues where man meets the Divine. For Christians, we believe that … Continue reading #39: How Lovely is Your Dwelling Place
#38: Protect Me From Myself
Protect Me From Myself Eric Santillan Lord, protect me from myself. From my selfishness From my unnecessary fears From the propensity to protect myself From my insecurities From my imagination From thinking that the life I’m living is not enough From thinking that the life I’m living is enough From my discontent From my angst … Continue reading #38: Protect Me From Myself
#37: You Can Be At Peace
Called to Peace from: Paratroopers Prayer You can be at peace, for God loves you and is with you now and always, guiding you, helping you, healing you. You can be at peace, for God is lifting you up and over every obstacle, leading you through every darkness, and providing for your every needs. You … Continue reading #37: You Can Be At Peace
#36: In Every Need
I suggest you add your own prayers to the litany to the Holy Spirit below. Take some time to think about your needs right now and ask the Holy Spirit to come to you today. In Every Need “Devotions to the Holy Spirit” by Brian Moore, S.J. Holy Spirit, my Light, my Life, my Love, … Continue reading #36: In Every Need
#35: Serenity Prayer
Serenity comes from the word SERENUS which means clear and fair. It is the peace that comes because of clarity. Today pray for that peace to come into your life. A Variation to the Serenity Prayer God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; Courage to change the things I can; … Continue reading #35: Serenity Prayer
#34: Help Me Become a Hero
We all want to be a hero of some sort when we were younger and much more idealistic. Idealism is not necessarily a bad thing. It is what makes this world a much better place; it is what drives people to make this world a better place than how they found it. This is a … Continue reading #34: Help Me Become a Hero
#33: Contemplatio
Today, we try a kind of prayer popularized by St. Ignatius of Loyola: the Imaginative Contemplation. This is a prayer that asks the person to use stories from scripture and your imagination together. For those who say they don't really know how to imagine, I just tell them that everyone does. As a start, you … Continue reading #33: Contemplatio
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