"Nothing is more pleasing to God than unshaken faith and confidence in the midst of darkness. Make a great practice of acts of confidence even when you feel nothing. It is just in these moments of dryness and darkness that these acts are most meritorious."
Blessed Columba Marmion
For Reflection:
Why do I think God is pleased with unshaken faith and confidence in the midst of darkness? What act of confidence can I make now?
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"Nothing is more pleasing to God than unshaken faith and confidence in the midst of darkness. Make a great practice of acts of confidence even when you feel nothing. It is just in these moments of dryness and darkness that these acts are most meritorious."
Blessed Columba Marmion
For Reflection:
Why do I think God is pleased with unshaken faith and confidence in the midst of darkness? What act of confidence can I make now?
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"The most pernicious evils masquerade as virtue."
Johnnette S. Benkovic
For Reflection:
What are some of the most pernicious evils in our day and time? How are they masquerading themselves as virtue? What gift of the Holy Spirit do women of grace need to see the truth?
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Just got home from a very busy two weeks. Father Edmund Sylvia, C.S.C., Tom Sullivan, and I myself were in production at EWTN for the next several weeks of programming for Women of Grace®. And those seven days of production put a big smile on my face. What a wonderful array of guests and topics! You will not want to miss them. They are (not in airing order):
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March 30, 2008Â
"In three different ways, woman can fulfill the mission of motherliness: in marriage, in the practice of a profession that values human development, and under the veil as the spouse of Christ."
St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)
For Reflection:
Which way has God selected for me to fulfill my mission of motherliness? How am I cooperating with His grace?Â
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"He did not say: You will not be troubled - you will not be tempted - you will not be distressed. But He said: You will not be overcome."
Julian of Norwich
For Reflection:
In what way am I "overcoming" today?
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"To look at everything only in a human way, and not in the light of faith, is like looking through the opposite end of binoculars - instead of making everything look larger and closer, everything looks smaller and farther away."
S. C. Biela
For Reflection:
To what extent do I see the world through the light of faith? How does the light of faith give the world its proper proportions?Â
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"You must be persuaded that your sinful past is in no way an obstacle to very close union with God. God forgives, and His forgiveness is Divine. With the Angels, God was not merciful because they had no miseries. With us, who are full of miseries, God is infinitely merciful."
Blessed Columba Marmion
For Reflection:
Do I consider my past to be a sinful one? Is there one particular sin from the past that continues to haunt me? How can God's mercy toward me in this regard be a stepping stone to greater union with Him?
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"You know, if you are bit by a chained dog, you can't blame the dog. If you put yourself in temptation and you fall you cannot blame anyone but yourself. The devil has been chained, but when you go live in his pen, you are risking eternity."
Mother Angelica
For Reflection:
What has been my most recent fall through temptation? Did I place myself in the devil's pen? In what way? What resolution can I now make to prevent this fall from happening again?
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Here at Women of Grace® we L-O-V-E Our Lady. She is the model whom we look to as THE woman of grace. In fact Mary is at the core of our Foundational Study
Full of Grace: Women and the Abundant Life.
What is it about Our Mother Mary that makes her the exemplar of what it means to be a disciple AND a woman of grace? Today's Feast of the Annunciation highlights her greatest attribute, her complete and total "Yes" to God. A passage from the book
Full of Grace briefly summarizes the greatness of Mary's fiat and how we as women are to follow her example:
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Just got home from a very busy two weeks. Father Edmund Sylvia, C.S.C., Tom Sullivan, and I myself were in production at EWTN for the next several weeks of programming for Women of Grace®. And those seven days of production put a big smile on my face. What a wonderful array of guests and topics! You will not want to miss them. They are (not in airing order):
Here at Women of Grace® we L-O-V-E Our Lady. She is the model whom we look to as THE woman of grace. In fact Mary is at the core of our Foundational Study Full of Grace: Women and the Abundant Life.
What is it about Our Mother Mary that makes her the exemplar of what it means to be a disciple AND a woman of grace? Today's Feast of the Annunciation highlights her greatest attribute, her complete and total "Yes" to God. A passage from the book Full of Grace briefly summarizes the greatness of Mary's fiat and how we as women are to follow her example:
