Desire directs our lives. It’s the quiet compass beneath our choices, the unseen current beneath our prayers. What we desire—deeply, persistently—either adds to our joy or erodes it. There is a relationship between the quality of our desires and the quality of our lives.
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God’s mandate is love. Not efficiency. Not urgency. Not the breathless pace we’ve come to accept as normal.
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“Don’t spend your energies on things that generate worry, anxiety and anguish. Only one thing is necessary: Lift up your spirit, and love God.”
—Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina
We live in a world that constantly pulls at our attention and burdens our hearts with worry. But Padre Pio’s words offer a gentle redirection: lift up your spirit, and love God. When anxiety threatens to consume us, we’re reminded that the most important thing isn’t fixing every problem—it’s turning our hearts toward the One who holds us.
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“I supply streams of water in the desert and rivers in the wilderness to satisfy the thirst of my people, my chosen ones, so that you, whom I have shaped and formed for myself, will proclaim my praise.”
—Isaiah 43:20–21 TPT
On this Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, I’m still carrying the grace of having recently walked through its Holy Door—an act of pilgrimage during this Jubilee Year, as a pilgrim of Hope.
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In a world that scatters our attention and mocks tenderness, Edith Stein gives us a model for living. She chose one thing—and made it her door to God.
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We live in a world that rewards independence, self-reliance, and performance. Especially in the West, we’re taught to look out for number one, to keep our guard up, and to measure our worth by success. But over time, this way of living hardens the heart. We become efficient but emotionally distant, strong but spiritually brittle. And in this climate, the fruit of gentleness feels like a foreign language.
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Psalm 86 opens with a cry from the depths: “Turn your ear, O Lord, and give answer, for I am poor and needy.” It’s the voice of someone who knows their place—not in power, but in dependence. And it’s precisely this posture that opens the floodgates of divine mercy.
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In a world once ruled by retaliation—where justice meant “an eye for an eye”—patience had no place. Before Christ, the Law permitted vengeance, and impatience thrived in its loopholes. But something radical happened when the Lord of patience stepped into history.
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In a world that worships more, faster, louder, and stronger, it takes courage to stop.
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Smitten With Goodness 