“Silence is the language of deeper, infused prayer that the Holy Spirit gives to God’s poor children who hunger and thirst for his word. Ultimately it is the ability to live in mystery. For those who enter into this mystery, there is real communication, deep love, full healing and maturity. But how few are ready […]
Category: Faith & Spiritual
Inward Silence
“Let us labor for an inward stillness- An inward stillness and an inward healing. That perfect silence where the lips and heart Are still, and we no longer entertain Our own imperfect thoughts and vain opinions, But God alone speaks to us and we wait In singleness of heart that we may know His will, […]
Waiting
In prayer it was revealed to me that there are three spiritual pillars I need to root myself deeply in: 1. Prayer 2. Holy Scripture 3. The Eucharist The truth is that I have only in recent years begun to really deepen my prayer life; to desire prayer and learn to pray, and wrestle with […]
Changing tastes
More and more I find my soul longing for the pure, the simple, and the kind of radiance that holiness brings.
St. Pope John Paul II
For a stalk to grow or a flower to open there must be a time that cannot be forced: nine months must go by for the birth of a human child; to write a book or compose music often years must be dedicated to patient research…to find the mystery there must be patience, interior purification, […]
To the King of My Heart
Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe 23 November 2014 Dearest Jesus, Do you remember the day when I “crowned” you king in my heart? I was 15; hurt, lonely, and lost. The world I thought I had known had crumbled around me, both at home and in school. I learned for […]
The Joy of Not Belonging
Ever since I read Anne of Green Gables when I was nine years old, I longed for a bosom friend like the titular heroine had. How wonderful it would be, I thought, to have someone who loves me and understands me completely, and, more importantly, with whom I will always belong. Since then, I had […]
Notice
Ann, Ann, you’re growing in mindfulness and you can now notice the correlation between your wandering thoughts and the effect those thoughts have on your inner being. Notice how a few lines of inspired writing by Ruth Burrows lifts your soul’s gaze to God and fills you with energy and renewed zeal to follow Christ. […]
Before you ask God to choose you a spouse, let Him choose your friends
Imagine that you were born in a foreign land and you have been appointed for a special mission since your birth to find your way back to your homeland where your inheritance awaits you. You are also tasked to try and bring as many people as possible back to your homeland – of their own […]
Fruitfully Married Without Children (a.k.a. Childless for God’s Kingdom)
A sharing about the discernment of a “call within a call” within marriage I have always believed that I would have children. When I was 10 years old, some of my classmates started calling me “Mother” because, as they said, I was so motherly towards them. When I was in my teens, I came to […]
Journey of the Heart 