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

February 18, 2014

To be a Sister or Nun does not mean to be without humanness. It means...

February 13, 2014

Precious Jesus, guide your priests to choose wisely in a world filled with temptations that...

February 12, 2014

Blue Blue Birds

One of the delights of living a single life in silence is hearing the change...

February 11, 2014

Mother Mary, Our Lady of Lourdes, pray with us for women discerning a life as...

February 06, 2014

The attack on our priests are happening more often and will likely increase. Please offer...

February 04, 2014

Lord our God, you have called our Sisters and Nuns to serve you and one...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

Lord Jesus, we your people pray to You for our priests. You have given them...

January 28, 2014

Tuesday’s Prayer for Sisters and Nuns (on Wednesday…)

Come Holy Spirit and guide our Sisters and Nuns in the formation of new communities....

January 24, 2014

Fire Too Close

The siren was close. The main road I live on, Berry, intersects with Meridian three...

January 22, 2014

Our Lady of Guadalupe, we pray that you give strength and perseverance to our Sisters...

January 13, 2014

Driven to Humility

The audience had applauded with enthusiasm after the presenter’s slide show. The gardening program left...

January 07, 2014

Beloved Mother Mary, Pray with us this day for our Sisters and Nuns. In the...

December 2013

December 20, 2013

Intimacy of a Name

She was a full-bodied woman and reminded me of Oprah, as Sophia, in the Color...

December 19, 2013

O my God, pour forth upon thy priests the spirit of sacrifice in its fullness....

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 28, 2013

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

November 26, 2013

Tuesday’s Prayer for Sisters and Nuns: Evangelii Gaudium

Dear Lord, Hear our prayers for Sisters and Nuns, that, with the words of Pope...

November 22, 2013

Rubbish with Attitude

I find November to be a transitional month—not quite past autumn and not yet winter....

November 21, 2013

The Fruit of Celibate Love

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

November 18, 2013

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

November 14, 2013

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

November 12, 2013

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

November 05, 2013

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

October 2013

October 29, 2013

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

October 22, 2013

Taking One Step When a Full Stride is too Much

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

October 21, 2013

Increments of Evil

I wrote about how both God and Satan work incrementally. Not so long ago I...

October 18, 2013

Feeling of Skin

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

September 2013

September 27, 2013

Clearing Away (September 2008) I looked at my grandmother’s small kitchen table and found myself...

September 12, 2013

This prayer was written by Blessed Pope John Paul II and seems perfect for today's...

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