Articles in 'Prayers & Devotionals'
Who Would Listen to a Reformed Bad Girl?
Who Would Listen to a Reformed Bad Girl?
By Leslie Shaw Klinger
I am the mother of dead children who never made it past birth, which is a different status from those who have children still running around on the earth or who lost children at young ages. Parents like me are not given the same respect, which is not said as a means to gather sympathy; rather, I am simply sharing my experience.
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Christ Asleep
Christ Asleep
By Dr. Lin Weeks Wilder
The first time I actually thought about being in a fishing boat in a raging storm with Christ asleep on a cushion, was during a meditation given on that Gospel passage shortly after I converted to Christian Catholicism. The Legionnaire priest giving the meditation guaranteed my undivided attention because of the simple imagery he used when he applied this Gospel passage to my life
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Just Offer It UP
Just Offer It UP
By Lori Conklin
I got home late last night after attending a leadership meeting at our Parish. We are on the verge of a revival of sorts after a long line of unfortunate events that should have shut us down. I keep looking at the events as they unfold in the spiritual sense, as everything that happens to us has meaning in this realm.
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The Bicycle
The Bicycle
By E.M. Wilson
So a few days back I was talking with my cousin and somehow the topic of heaven came up. I told him that I want to see what the Saints see when they die- I want the Beatific Vision, which, just to put us all on the same page, is the direct communication of God to the individual person (ie heaven in full) and my cousin was like "ooohhhhhh no I could never be a saint."
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Be Willing to Forgive
Be Willing to Forgive
By Sherry Kenner
In 1981 our Blessed Mother began appearing to a small group of children in the remote village of Kibeho. Mary and Jesus warned the children of the holocaust that would happen unless Rwandans opened their hearts to God and began loving one another. These prophetic visions came true in 1994.
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Embracing Our Weaknesses
Embracing Our Weaknesses
By Lori Conklin
I created it: I know its weakness. These words spoken by my little boy have me pondering them in relation to our humanity and our Creator. It brings to mind the Tenet "Essence before Existence"; the teaching that each and every one of us was in the Heart and Mind of God before the world was created.
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The Story of A Student
The Story of A Student
By Ana R. Plumlee
I go to a small Catholic liberal arts college (in the tradition of the Sisters of Notre Dame) called Notre Dame College, also known as NDC, which is twenty minutes away from downtown Cleveland. It sounds like it’d be an easy choice, right? Not so much. I actually needed divine intervention to make the decision to even come to Notre Dame College.
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His Mom Is Your Mom, Too
His Mom Is Your Mom, Too
By Michael Boyer
You need to know Jesus personally, both as our majestic King and our intimate Friend. He is God, the Creator and Lover of our souls. But you are also invited to have a personal relationship with Mary, for not only is she the Queen Mother of King Jesus -- the mother of God -- she is your mother, too. I have learned that not only does Mary always point us to Jesus, but Jesus also points us to Mary.
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Catholic vs Protestant paradigms - How we read Scripture
Catholic vs Protestant paradigms - How we read Scripture
By De Maria
The Catholic Church teaches us to understand Scripture according to the Sacred Deposit, the Sacred Traditions, which Jesus established. Why? Because, Jesus Christ established a Church and commanded that Church to teach what He commanded. (Matt 28:19-20). As a result, the Catholic Church went about teaching orally.
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Devotion to Mary.....Time Well Spent
Devotion to Mary.....Time Well Spent
By Steve Reasbeck
A question from an evangelical friend a short time ago prompted me to write this piece. Most everyone who knows me is aware that I like to hang around with the Blessed Virgin and pray the Rosary each day. So, the question I received is one that so many Catholics receive, but unfortunately, many are unable to answer. That question is this: Why go to Mary when you can go to Jesus Himself?
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Why I Bring my Small Children to Mass
Why I Bring my Small Children to Mass
By Amanda Knapp
Every week my husband and I get our three little girls, ages, 7,4, and 2 ready for Mass. We pack them all in the minivan and we head off to sit in a church with three little girls for an hour. Some days, they are like angels. The 4 year old and the 7 year old are quiet in prayer, the 2 year old sits on our laps and flips through the books.
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What About the Glory Be, God?
What About the Glory Be, God?
By Elizabeth Thomas
We have reflected on the Lord’s Prayer and the Hail Mary. What about the Glory Be? What can be found there in that prayer which could bring new insight and change into our spiritual walk as the other prayers of the Rosary did? It is really very simple, just as the prayer is. Break it down into three.
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Love and Mercy
Love and Mercy
By Norma Elaine Robertson
Eucharist so many times with no real understanding of what was going on, and when God did reveal some understanding, then I cried and the only thing I could think of was, "Jesus loves me. Jesus forgives me."
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Using Temptations To Our Advantage
Using Temptations To Our Advantage
By Lori Conklin
I remember the day I met my first truly holy person. Now, she would tell you she is anything BUT holy. She was to give a talk at the conclusion of our first Rachel's Vineyard Weekend Retreat. She was speaking on the topic of God's Abundant Mercy and Forgiveness. I thought that was an excellent choice given the flavor of the weekend.
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Do you find time?
Do you find time?
By George Calleja
During the day, do you find time to eat and drink? Do you find time to chat with friends and relatives? Do you find time to watch your favourite TV programme? Most probably you do, and by the end of the day, you woul
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You don't believe in Baptism?
You don't believe in Baptism?
By De Maria
Naaman didn't believe in Baptism either. When Elisha said to Naaman: 2 Kings 5: 10 Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. Naaman didn't believe that God could heal him by any water much less in the Jordan's waters saying: 12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel?
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How Well Do You Know Jesus?
How Well Do You Know Jesus?
By Nina Rizzo
You’ve been friends forever. You know everything there is to know about your friend. Nothing you could ever learn would surprise you. While at the beach this summer with friends, we looked at each other and counted the number of years we had known one another – some 5, 10, 15, 20, and others a whole lifetime!
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