Articles in 'Prayers & Devotionals'
Tied Up in Nots
Tied Up in Nots
By Barbara Golder
For your penance, I want you to tell God who you are. Not because He needs to know—He already does—but you need to say it.” My regular confessor is not of the “say three Hail Marys” variety.
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Give Me Strength to Trust
Give Me Strength to Trust
By Veronica Dannemiller
I recently spoke with a priest, telling him that I found myself lacking in trust of God - I am too afraid to let go. I told him that I like to write in my journal, that it helps me feel better. He suggested that I write what God's response to me might be. I wrote this letter to God from the heart, and I wrote what I thought Jesus would say in response to me.
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It's Time to Take Back Fridays
It's Time to Take Back Fridays
By Sterling Jaquith
For most of my life, I have considered Fridays to be a big party! Who doesn’t love making it to the end of the week so you can kick back and enjoy your weekend? Fridays were for happy hours, hanging your business suit up in the closet, forgetting about your work email and enjoying life. And the excitement over Friday starts buzzing Thursday night. “Hey, what are you doing tomorrow?”
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Where is the joy? Go on a Treasure Hunt!
Where is the joy? Go on a Treasure Hunt!
By Sterling Jaquith
I have been Catholic for five years now and it still amazes me the lack of joy I see from our faith community. If you are not joyful, you have missed the point. Trust me, I used to be just like you.
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Dowry
Dowry
By Barbara Golder
Because I took a step out of my comfort zone for about thirty seconds a year or so ago, I learned to cook Kenyan style. And I learned something about God in the process.
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Confessions of a Caregiver Part I:  Trust in God
Confessions of a Caregiver Part I:  Trust in God
By Lora Wilson
Ease is defined as: freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort; freedom from concern, anxiety, or solicitude; a quiet state of mind; freedom from difficulty or great effort.
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The Darkness: Our Catholic Moment of Opportunity
The Darkness: Our Catholic Moment of Opportunity
By Greg Schlueter
What a couple of weeks for Catholics. We share God's heavy heart. The Supreme Court presumed to reduce nature and marriage to one's feelings. Planned Parenthood was found harvesting and selling body parts. New stats suggest the Light to be all the more obscured. Less than 25% Catholics attend Mass. Only 13% pray before meals. Most worship more at the altar of pop culture.
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The difference between prayer, worship and Liturgy
The difference between prayer, worship and Liturgy
By De Maria
There is very little difference between the words "prayer" and "worship". But they do not mean exactly the same thing. The basic difference in this day and age, is that worship is only directed to God but prayer can be directed to either God or the Saints.
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Bishop Daniel Thomas Challenges Us to Live IT! [Preparing for World Meeting of Families]
Bishop Daniel Thomas Challenges Us to Live IT! [Preparing for World Meeting of Families]
By Greg Schlueter
I have a rather difficult question to ask, but if considered honestly it can pave the way to great joy. Perhaps you’ve even heard it before. It's a question all the great saints have asked. When you’re on your deathbed, reflecting back upon your life, how you lived, what you lived for… what do you imagine you’ll regret most?
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Manners, Southern Style
Manners, Southern Style
By Barbara Golder
Anyone who comes to the South understands very quickly that there is a code of gentility—manners—that governs every aspect of life. It’s a little complex sometimes, but all of us who live here understand it. After a time, it becomes such a part of life that we don’t even think about it any more, we just do it.
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God is Faithful
God is Faithful
By Crysaly Aviles
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
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What I Learned from the Early Christians about Spiritual Growth, Part 4: We Need to Struggle
What I Learned from the Early Christians about Spiritual Growth, Part 4: We Need to Struggle
By Carl Sommer
A few years ago I was leading my seminarians through a study of the ascetic teachings of some of the Early Church Fathers. One of the seminarians raised his hand and asked a question born of a mixture of deep perplexity, hope, and fear. “According to the Fathers,” he asked, “Is there any way for a person to grow that doesn’t involve suffering?” This is a question any of us would ask, hoping for
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Guatemalan Prayers
Guatemalan Prayers
By Ana R. Plumlee
At the end of this past May, I went down to Guatemala with a group through Notre Dame College Campus Ministry. I was excited for this trip. It was obvious because I began counting down the days until we left once school let out for the summer at the beginning of May. When people asked me what I was going to do that summer, I would immediately tell them that I was going to Guatemala for nine days.
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Nadab, Abihu, Uzzah -- and Me?
Nadab, Abihu, Uzzah -- and Me?
By Richard Maffeo
My wife and I attended another church for Mass last weekend. The Gospel reading was from John 6 where Jesus fed the 5000. I’ve heard an exposition of this passage by many pastors over the years. This time, I heard something new.
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She Made People Smile
She Made People Smile
By Joseph P. Thomas
When it comes to our opinions of someone else, haven’t we all, at one time or another, made assumptions based on fear rather than logic? Because we did not know or understand his person well enough, they must be undesirable and therefore not to be included in our inner circles. They must be shunned or ridiculed or at best ignored!
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A prayer before I write
A prayer before I write
By Pam Spano
May the Lord guide me and all those who write for a living. Through your prayers, St. Frances de Sales, I ask for your intercession as I attempt to bring the written word to the world. Let us pray that God takes me in the palm of His hand and inspires my creativity and inspires my success. St. Francis de Sales, you understand the dedication required in this profession. Pray for God to inspire...
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Reflections For The Soul
Reflections For The Soul
By Victor S E Moubarak
Reflections For The Soul by Victor S E Moubarak is a selection of readings to help you reflect and meditate when praying or when in need of inspiration.
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