What is this complexity of me? Created beyond time and space. This is a reflection on the gifts God gives us in our personhood.
We live in a technological age. Very advanced in terms of machinery and medicine. When something is wrong, we chase after a cure. We go after it right away with the shortcut of a few…
Jesus I surrender myself to you, take care of everything. So goes the ejaculation in the surrender novena by a very holy priest. How often do we really take the time to actually surrender everything to Our Lord? It is so easy to be controlling and try to run everything. We want everything to be perfect. We want things to run smoothly but by trying to direct everything, we might miss what God is actually wanting to happen. He works patiently and discreetly and it is easy to miss what His call is. He works in the small and the mundane and does not like when we are too grandiose and lost in perfection.
Peace I Give to You
- 19 June 2024
- Tagged as: Balancing Act, Beloved, Brewery, Calm, Consolation, Failure, Forgiveness, Fullness, Garden, Gift, Gratitude, mental health, Mercy, Peace, Seedlings, Sin, Wine
Listen to the voice,
“My peace I give you,
My peace I leave you,
Not as the world gives.”
We Wait for Peace
- 1 June 2024
- Tagged as: abandonment, beckoning, Belonging, Beloved, Bread, Calm, Desert, Drout, Elijah, Famine, Fatherhood, Flour, Life, Meaning, mental health, My Life, Oasis, Oil, Peace, Prayer, Prophet, Questioning, Rain, Salt, Widow, Widow of Zarapheth
In the dry, deserted land, we wait for all our unanswered questions. We hope we have enough and cry for some light. We are tested and then we find, we have enough.
A reflection on How to hear the Voice of God and follow His inspirations.
How to Stop Worrying About the State of the World
- 10 May 2024
- Tagged as: Belonging, Calm, End of the World, End times, Fatherhood, Hell, Joy, mental health, Peace, Prayer, Prepping, Psalm 37, Psalms, The state of the world
Do you really think this is the worst time in world history? Everyone is always saying it is…
The Daily Grind
- 27 April 2024
- Tagged as: Beloved, Consolation, Daily Agenda, Desolation, Friendship, heart wounds, mental health, Prayer, Sainthood, Saints, Walk in holiness
In day to day life we sometimes experience the grind of ordinary life. Little things tend to add up and before we know it we are feeling miserable. That should be warning signal number one. Something isn’t right if we are in depression. Rejoicing in the Lord should be our strength. Am I saying that everything should be puppy dog tails and unicorn rainbows? Definitely not!! It is an invitation…