Tag: Catholic

We live in a hard world, especially in the west where we are taught to be independent, self-reliant, and to look out for number one.  While this has worldly benefits, over time, our hearts become hardened, we live in our heads, and rarely let our guard down.  This is counter to what the spiritual life requires of us where we must learn how to be childlike, to be humble and small.  A hardened heart never allows us to lead an integrated life of body, mind, and spirit.  We must cultivate a soft and gentle heart. A heart of forgiveness. Enjoy this forgiveness meditation and prayer by Mary Mrozowski.

Forgiveness is mild behavior, forgiving rather than being angry, being gracious rather than vengeful. The gentle person is meek; gentle and humble of heart. He does not insist on having his own way or being right but yields to others for the sake of relationship.

What is so important about worship? To worship is to order the whole of one’s life toward the living God, and in doing so, one becomes interiorly and exteriorly rightly ordered. To worship is to signal to oneself what one’s life is finally about. Worship is not something that God needs, but it is very much something that we need.

Compassion brings healing into our lives. It is justice in action, giving others their due. Grace is usually involved in deepening our own knowing of ourselves and God. Take some time to walk through a situation that comes to mind that needs healing and journal through these four steps of Compassionate Communication.

We are all loved equally. It is my journey to understand that.

Where is peace to be found in the world? In the hearts of the wise and humble. Those who are humble enough to be at peace during anguish, to accept conflict and insecurity and overcome it with love, because they realize who they are, and therefore possess the freedom that is their true heritage. These are the children of God. We all know them. You do not need to go to the monastery to find them. They are everywhere.