Category: Faith & Spiritual

I have been crucified with Christ and yet I am alive; Yet it is no longer I, but Christ living in me. – Gal 2:20 I have always prayed to have a great capacity to love. But I never realized that a great capacity to love also means a great capacity to suffer. For loving […]

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the meek: for they shall posses the land. Blessed are they who mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall […]

I never expected the day to come when I could sit face to face with my entire family and talk to them about such personal anxieties so comfortably. The entire family. Not just one member, or two members, or three. Seriously, when it comes to family, the whole is so much more than the sum […]

More of Thomas Merton’s words went straight into my heart. In a few short paragraphs (quoted below), he describes the ever-repeating story of my life – worshiping my false self via creatures. Indeed, when I reflect upon it, I have so many egocentric compulsions. Fantasies about being proven right, of being praised and appreciated, of […]

I’m continually surprised at the timeliness of the things I pick up to read. It has happened several times with Nouwen. Now, it is Thomas Merton. The following is an excerpt from a chapter of New Seeds of Contemplation. The chapter I got it from is titled Things in Their Identity. ************** Our vocation is […]

Sunday’s Gospel Lk 6:27-38 Jesus said to his disciples: “To you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. To the person who strikes you on one cheek, offer the other one as well, and from the person […]

On His Plan For Your Mate Everyone longs to give himself completely to someone: to have a deep soul relationship with another; to be loved thoroughly and exclusively. But, God to a Christian says, no, not until you are satisfied, fulfilled, and content with being loved by Me, alone. With giving yourself totally and unreservedly […]

Twice today, people I met commented on how happy I looked. I was pleased but a little surprised. I did feel happy in a quiet sort of way. I just didn’t expect that it would be so evident that people I hardly knew would notice it. :) Why am I happy today? Because my 28th […]