Looking for God’s Goodness in contemplation and prayer through A Simple Daily Practice, adapted from Rediscovering the Lost Body Connection with Christian Spirituality.
A Simple Daily Practice…
When awakening each morning ask yourself, “What in my body now most needs my loving presence?”
Continue reading “Week Sixteen. Wholeness. Looking for God’s Goodness and Weekly Reflection Summary”Loving the one and only me, body, mind, and soul.
Continue reading “Week Sixteen: Wholeness. One and Only”What in your life needs attention at this moment? Is it your body, mind or soul? Do I turn toward or away from the pain? How I view and know God frames how I view life. My relationship with God allows me to see my true self.
Continue reading “Week Sixteen: Wholeness. Needing Attention”Do you distract yourself from knowing who you really are? Do you stay busy or focused on the urgent, not seeing and tending to what is important?
Continue reading “Week Sixteen: Wholeness. Achievement”Who am I? After living a lifetime, I’ve learned it’s a choice.
Continue reading “Week Sixteen: Wholeness. Unstuck”Sometimes getting to know the whole of myself feels a little like coming undone.
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God’s Mercy Endures Forever, let us be His Light. As we have journeyed through Lent and an intensified Holy Week, I hope your heart is rejoicing and full of light in the fact that God’s mercy endures forever. He is risen! Alleluia! I hope your faith has been strengthened and your heart has been lovingly pruned and purified so it is bursting with love. Christ suffered greatly to grant us access to eternal life. The time is now for us to mature spiritually and Be His Light in the world.
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In Silence We Await. The faithful pray and meditate on the great sacrifice our Lord has made for all of us and anticipate His Resurrection from the dead-on Easter Sunday. I spend the day in the quiet, thanking Jesus for the ultimate gift that He gave to all of us on Good Friday. I try to place myself in the confusion and fear (as well as hope) that the Blessed Mother, the apostles, and the other witnesses to Jesus’ Passion undoubtedly felt on that first Holy Saturday. In doing so, I realize how fortunate I am to know how the story ends and that Jesus Christ will be rising on Sunday morning! Let’s Look for God’s Goodness in contemplation and prayer, meditating on this reflection from Every Sacred Sunday.
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For much of my life, I was caught up in what people would say instead of basing reality on their behaviors. This likely stems from having significant relationships with people in my life who were emotionally unavailable to me in my formative years.
Today is Good Friday, the day where Action Speak Louder than Words. Jesus dies for me to live. A day where we celebrate His awesome proof of love of us. Resurrection will be the signature of proof, this demonstrated love, showing how I must love Him and those around me. This is the new order, my new commandment, and the way to eternal life. By dying he made us alive. By the cross, I am redeemed.
“Let us admire, congratulate, rejoice, love, praise, adore; because through the death of our Redeemer we are called from darkness to light, from death to life, from exile to home, from grief to everlasting joy” Saint Augustine
His head is bent to give us the kiss of peace, his arms extended to receive us, his hands pierced to pour his blessings upon us, his heart opened to love us, his feet nailed to the cross to soften our hearts and remain with us.
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
Thank You, Lord, for filling me with hope, confidence and courage as I look in trust at Your crucified body.
We have spent the past 40 days of Lent renewing and reinvigorating our faith in preparation for Easter. The sacrifices and penances we have made have softened our hearts to be ready. On Holy Thursday, we Enter the Easter Triduum.
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Smitten With Goodness 