Gratitude

A Walk through the Garden of the Soul

Most gracious Heavenly Father, We thank you for our faithful priests and bishops, whose spiritual...

December 04, 2013

O God, when I have food, help me to remember the hungry; when I have...

December 03, 2013

Thursday’s Grateful Prayer for Priests

Precious Lord, We pray this day for our consecrated women that their sanctity continues to...

November 2013

November 29, 2013

Snow and Falling

Sitting in my oratory, I finished the Salve Regina prayer. I then looked from the...

November 28, 2013

Lord Jesus, you have chosen your priests from among us and sent them out to...

November 21, 2013

Eternal God, Please bless our priests, who represent you on this earth. Make them more...

November 19, 2013

The Fruit of Celibate Love

Heavenly Father, in your wisdom you have called certain women a to a life of special consecration...

November 18, 2013

I’m still praying with the question from Lisa Hendy, of Catholicmom.com, about Conscious Celibacy and...

November 15, 2013

Blooms of Mary’s Sword

I remember as a child the sweet fragrance and stunning colors of the species Iris...

November 14, 2013

A Walk through the Garden

O Jesus, Good Shepherd, who have come to save what was lost, you have established...

November 13, 2013

The walk this week was at the retreat center. We had a dusting of snow....

November 12, 2013

St. Michael the Archangel, continue to guard our holy women from the lies of the...

November 08, 2013

Celibate Free for All

I find it fascinating that the central question to being single is focused on the...

November 07, 2013

O Almighty, Eternal God, look upon the face of your Son and for love of...

November 05, 2013

Gentle Mother, Queen of Heaven, hear our prayers for our Sisters and Nuns. That in...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

O my Jesus, I beg you on behalf of the whole Church, grant it love...

October 29, 2013

Precious Jesus, hear our prayers for our Sisters and Nuns. Strengthen them in their...

October 25, 2013

Vibrancy and Dormancy

I’d driven to an area where Sandhill Cranes often stop to rest during their winter...

October 24, 2013

A Walk through the Gardens

Most loving Jesus and our Lord, who have redeemed the world at the price of...

October 23, 2013

A light frost tats the edges of leaves... ...

October 22, 2013

Beloved Mother Mary, Take the hand of your daughters, our Sisters and Nuns, and guide...

October 18, 2013

Feeling of Skin

It was an early autumn morning at the retreat center and I was walking through...

October 17, 2013

A Walk through the Gardens

We thank you for our faithful priests and bishops, whose spiritual fatherhood and example of...

October 16, 2013

These pictures are from St. Francis Retreat and Conference Center in DeWitt, Michigan. It is the...

October 15, 2013

Lord Jesus Christ in your great love you draw all people to yourself: and in...

October 10, 2013

A Walk through the Garden

Look kindly Lord, on your priests, religious and laymen who left all to witness to your...

October 09, 2013

Queue color... ...and migration.

October 08, 2013

Seeing Stars and the Holy Trinity

O lovely Mother Mary, Mother of Sisters and Nuns, take to your heart your daughters...

October 04, 2013

I love apples! Seriously. Love them almost more than chocolate. Biting into a warm, crisp,...

October 03, 2013

Lord, give us holy priests; You Yourself maintain them in holiness. O Divine and Great...

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