Tag: Peace

Sunday – My Life Is Not About Me. Faith is an attitude of trust and how I approach God.

Monday – Finding Security. Faith is more than our greatest gift; sharing it with others is our greatest responsibility.

Tuesday – Sign of the Cross. The Spirit of God teaches us how we can live our faith.

Wednesday – Rooted and Alive. Every strong and beautiful flower must have a strong root in the ground.

Thursday – Radical Detachment. Faith allows me to live in detachment from all the ups and downs of life.

Friday – Peace of Heart. Do you accept that the goodness that God lives within your heart?

Looking for God’s Goodness in contemplation and prayer.

See if you find goodness while meditating on this Act of Faith

O my God, I firmly believe

that you are one God in three divine Persons,

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

I believe that your divine Son became man

and died for our sins and that he will come

to judge the living and the dead.

I believe these and all the truths

which the Holy Catholic Church teaches

because you have revealed them

who are eternal truth and wisdom,

who can neither deceive nor be deceived.

In this faith I intend to live and die.

Amen.

There is wisdom in simplicity. There is much to be learned through the cross. Through contemplating Jesus’ crucifixion, we learn the paradox of what it means to suffer and bear wickedness, and we also learn compassion, mercy, and love.

Continue reading “Week Three: The Wisdom of Faith. Sign of the Cross” →

Faith is more than our greatest gift; sharing it with others is our greatest responsibility. A beautiful thing about faith is that the more I share with others, the stronger my faith becomes and the more secure it becomes inside of me.

Continue reading “Week Three: The Wisdom of Faith. Finding Security” →

Sunday – Scared Silence. “How good it would be if each one of us… were able to recover this contemplative dimension of life, opened wide in silence.”

Monday – A Humble Heart. Deliver me, from the desire of being esteemed.

Tuesday – Greatness Within. Be still and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10

Wednesday – Already Loved. I am inseparable from the love of God. Romans 8:35

Thursday – Taking a Break from Worry. I have peace with God. Romans 5:1

Friday – Image of Beauty. I am the image and glory of God. 1 Corinthians 11:7

Looking for God’s Goodness in contemplation and prayer.

You might find goodness in this simple prayer of being from Fr. Richard Rohr comes from Psalm 46:10 of the Hebrew Scriptures: “Be still and know that I am God.”

Instruction

1) Find a quiet place, gently close your eyes, and take a few deep breaths. Prepare to pray the Psalm in 5 consecutively diminishing sentences.

2) Either aloud or quietly to yourself, say the words, “Be still and know that I am God.”

3) After a couple deep breaths, pray, “Be still and know that I am.”

4) After a couple deep breaths, pray “Be still and know.”

5) After a couple deep breaths, pray, “Be still.”

6) After a couple deep breaths, pray, “Be.”

7) When ready, pray, “Amen.”

This prayer can also be prayed with a group. The facilitator leads with each phrase and the group repeats aloud after each consecutively diminishing phrases. The pause between each phrase can be lengthened depending on your need or the needs of the group.

Be still and know that I am God.

Be still and know that I am.

Be still and know.

Be still.

Be.

My spiritual relationship is only as deep as I am willing to go. The truth is that God knows everything about me, but recently I’ve been contemplating how vulnerable I have been with Him. Will I stand in the nakedness before Him, allowing Him to restore the beauty that has been chipped away over time?

Continue reading “Week Two: Lifelong Learning. Image of Beauty” →