Every time I feel the battle within me rage, this is the song that I pray to. From the first time I ever heard it, I felt as if it was written just for me. Petra – FIRST LOVE Words by Bob Hartman Based on Revelation 2:9, 1 John 4:19, Song of Solomon 2:4 Sometimes […]
Author: Ann Yeong
The Washing of Feet (Jn 13:1-20)
I am John. Watching Jesus. Lately I’ve been watching him more closely. He has been quieter than usual. He has been going off alone to pray more frequently, and each time he comes back, he looks as if he had been crying. Over the last few weeks, he has been eating less, fasting at times. He […]
Heart of a Disciple
Shortly after St. Ignatius’ conversion, his sinful past (as a womanizer, gambler, drinker, and brawler) left him in such despair that he considered killing himself. He had a profound sense of his own unworthiness and wondered “how it is that the earth did not open to swallow me up?” Yet the more he prayed about […]
Ann Cassandra
For years I had regretted the choice of my Confirmation name. At 14, I had felt that my baptism name ‘Ann’ was too plain. I wanted my Confirmation name to make my name more… romantic. And that’s why I chose Cassandra. I thought ‘Ann Cassandra’ had a nice ring to it. As I grew older, […]
Grow me!
There are times when I really wonder why God is so diligent in growing me. There are days, weeks, even months in my life when I feel God constantly stretching me, teaching me, coaching me… without giving me much time to rest! (Sometimes the lessons are about learning to rest…but even there he’s growing me!) […]
Companions
We need to draw a distinction between a friend and a companion. Let us say that a friend is someone who enjoys my company and whose company I enjoy. I have a good time when he’s around. I find myself laughing more, relaxing more. I like his sense of humor and his quirky mannerisms. It […]
Ms. Goody-2-Shoes
‘Goody-2-shoes’ is a phrase I have heard often in my life. Whether uttered in derision or affection, this name has always made me cringe inwardly. To my ears, this term is often synonymous with stick-in-the-mud, inflexible, uncool, and just plain boring. It’s true that I hardly drink, I have never smoked, I have never gone […]
The Jesus Mirror
Week II/2 Spiritual Exercises Asking for “intimate knowledge” of Jesus goes two ways – into Jesus and into yourself. You want reverently to feel what Jesus felt, to see with His eyes, to think what He thought, even to do what He did. But such knowledge of any other person is impossible to the one […]
Will I follow?
The following is adapted from Florencio Segura S.J.’s ” Eight Days of the Spiritual Exercises.” There are those who follow Christ because they want to serve Him whom they call master… and there are those who follow because they are willing to lose their lives for love and in imitation of Christ who is dispossessed […]
Keep faith
Tired beyond belief. “Just float, Ann… let my breath carry you where you’re meant to go.”
Journey of the Heart 