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
#32: Edit Your Life: Commitments
I’m a former newspaper editor, and one of the things I learned was to edit brutally (no sarcastic comments about why I don’t do that with my blog posts). Cut out everything that’s not necessary, and you’ve got a more meaningful story. I highly recommend editing your life.
#31: Using Your Cellphone to Pray
Today, you use your cellphone to pray. Bring your cellphone with you. Find a quiet place. Settle yourself. 1. Remember that you are in God's presence. 2. Open your contacts list/address book. 3. Play the song below. 4. Pray for as many people as you can on your contacts list starting with those at the … Continue reading #31: Using Your Cellphone to Pray
#30: Angry Prayers
Angry Prayers Brendan Busse, SJ Everybody hurts. When I don’t have words to articulate my pain or frustration, I get crude. But crude is probably better than repressed. So I let ‘em rip: Damn it. Damn. Damn. Damn it. This is my psalm of lament: “God, damn it” (Psalms of Brendan – Book 1, verse … Continue reading #30: Angry Prayers
#29: Soon Love Soon
The grace I suggest that you ask for today is the grace to wait in joyful hope. It is a special grace we ask for at mass. It is a beautiful grace to ask for every day-- there is a kind of waiting that is impatient, that forces change, a kind of waiting where we … Continue reading #29: Soon Love Soon
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