What does your Prayer life look like? Is it focused with reference or distracted? This Lent, I’ve given up using my phone during prayer as I noticed distraction setting into my sacred time set aside for the Lord. Rather than focusing on and conversing with God, I was getting caught up in other people’s thoughts and reflections.
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The notion of the Jubilee Year holds profound spiritual significance in the Catholic Church, inviting believers to engage in faith, mercy, and community renewal to restore our relationship with God and one another. Rooted in biblical traditions, as mentioned in Leviticus, it serves as a divine blueprint for reclaiming dignity among God’s people, emphasizing reflection, repentance, and celebration within the Church.
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“Non io ma Dio” is an Italian phrase that translates to “Not me, but God” in English. It is attributed to Blessed Carlo Acutis, a young man who dedicated his life to God. This is pure humility, knowing our place and God’s place. This position opens our hearts to trust God in everything.
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Are you living a life of great faith expectations? Faith expects from God, what is beyond all expectation.
For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline. -1Timothy 1:7
I pray you’ll experience His strength and power in an amazing new way today.
It took me awhile to understand the grace of fasting and what a valuable tool it is to help sanctify my life. Fasting gives us new skins for the new wine of the kingdom of God.
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Winnow not in every wind, and do not start off in every direction (Sirach 5:11).
Distractions are a real thing in our world. I find the “noises” vying for my attention can be overwhelming if I’m not grounded and firm within my connection with God.
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The commitment to imitating Christ is the triumph of God’s love that takes hold of a man and demands of him every possible effort in the service of this love, while at the same time he stays fully aware of human weakness. — St. John Paul II
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Reflection on the journey of life invites us to appreciate our gifts as well as our areas of struggle, so that we can grow in openness to the Lord and to his way. During their time in the wilderness, the Chosen People were changed in their relationship with God, with Moses and with each other.
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This year I’m setting an intention for my Lenten journey for two individuals in my life that I love. I’m learning how my small sacrifices, done with intention, can be a spiritual gift for others. I’m being drawn towards the virtues of courage and generosity and a more active faith.
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As we start our Lenten journey, where we focus on prayer, fasting and giving to reorder our lives towards God, prayer is foundational. This action orients our idol making hearts in the proper position where I know myself and stand firm in my gifts and let God be God. Like Psalm 1, we delight and hope in the Lord and by grace, given purity of heart:
Blessed are they who hope in the Lord.
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Smitten With Goodness 