Daily Reflections

The tension ever present in our lives between our external observance and our inner life needs to be kept in balance and harmony.

...we make our way into the Kingdom of God when our lives are characterized by love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

Don’t we recognize His role in every molecule of the universe, and express our gratitude to Him through prayer and service to others?

We are called to open our eyes, ears and hearts to the words of the Gospel. Catholic social teaching calls us to be prophets and see the signs of the times.

Let us lift our eyes from those pages and thank our heavenly father for another day to absorb his presence in the natural world that surrounds us.

Perhaps this week we can all pray for a good interior housecleaning, calling on the help of Jesus, the saints and angels, all those living and dead whom we love, and even a good therapist!

God knows my needs far better that I do.  Isn’t the true power of persistent and daily prayer the transformation of my own will to make it more compatible with God’s will? 

Just as Christ died in forgiveness of our sins, so too, are we to forgive others. 

God, thank you for the gifts of family, education, the Marthas and Marys in my life but especially for the prayer families you have provided for me.