I thank you, Lord, my Father for creating me the way I am. I am a mystery, even to myself. I ask that you help me to enter this beautiful mystery that I am. May I come to delight in and love myself the same way that You delight in and love me. Help me […]
Category: Faith & Spiritual
My Father’s Love
Lord, I am afraid of displeasing you. I fear losing your love. I fear making you upset and hurt. I fear making you disappointed in me. Ann, That would never happen. Look at the world and remember who I AM. I am not your mother, or father, or husband. I am all of them […]
Twelve Years
Twelve years have passed since that night in Toronto when we enthroned God in our hearts as the Lord of our love. We were so young then, so untried and full of youthful optimism. We had made a commitment to love God first with all the sincerity of our hearts, but with little idea of […]
Prayer of Surrender (Intellect)
Lord, I surrender my intellect to you today. Thank you for blessing me with intelligence. But in my life I have abused your gift – I’ve taken pride in what knowledge I gained… Let it puff me up and hurt others… Forgotten you in my vanity. Let me not have any knowledge unless it be […]
When God speaks
God called me to visit a friend in hospital today. “Couldn’t you have sent me on a day when I am actually feeling your love and presence, Lord?” I had been feeling very low over the last several days. How could I bring hope and peace to my injured friend when I was feeling so […]
Lent Begins
We were to attend Ash Wednesday mass together. I was early, but by the time Henry arrived, the church was packed to the doors. He couldn’t get to where I was seated. We were separated. When I returned to my seat after receiving ashes on my forehead, I felt a tap on my shoulder. “I’m […]
Communion
The candles floated gracefully, drawing closer then gliding further apart. At times they rested together, side by side. At times they rested apart, each in its own solitude. They are free to go where the current brings them; Free to make the dance of life. Their fidelity is to the water that buoys them, and […]
Don’t climb Everest. Climb Calvary.
I still am very self-centered. I can’t help it. There’s a wall I cannot breach. My flaws rise up like a Mt. Everest I cannot imagine climbing. “Don’t climb Everest, Ann. Climb Calvary.” One drop of sweat at a time. One “Yes, Lord” at a time. One “I’m sorry, please forgive me” at a time. […]
Blessed. Held.
Empty, lonely, and afraid, I cried to Him. Please don’t take away my family… not yet please. I’m not ready. I can’t do without them. He holds my head against his heart. Stroking my hair, He gently replies. My grace is sufficient for you. Do not be afraid of what may come. I will always […]
Cleaved by light
I saw a bright light come from heaven, cleaving mountains and cliffs, shattering rock into millions of pieces. I saw the light piercing into the mountain I was standing on. The ray of light thrust through granite into the belly of the moutain, bringing light where there had only been darkness and loneliness. I only […]
Journey of the Heart 