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Sensations and feelings of the soul

Posted on Thursday, April 08, 2021 by Women of Grace Staff

April 8
“Of all the movements, sensations and feelings of the soul, love is the only one in which the creature can respond to the Creator and make some sort of similar return however unequal though it be.”
 -From a sermon of St. Bernard
Today's Reflection:
What realities about love are implicit in this statement by St. Bernard?
  

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Feast of St. John Baptist De La Salle

Posted on Wednesday, April 07, 2021 by Women of Grace Staff

April 7
Feast of St. John Baptist De La Salle (1651 – 1719)
“Adapt yourself with gracious and charitable compliance to all your neighbor’s weaknesses. In particular, make a rule to hide your feelings in many inconsequential matters.”
-St. John Baptiste De La Salle
For Reflection:
WOW! How is God speaking to me – right this moment – through this quote? What is my response?
  

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Infinitely good, wise, and kind

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2021 by Women of Grace Staff

April 6
“However severe God’s guidance may seem to us at times, it’s always the guidance of a Father who is infinitely good, wise, and kind.”
-Traditionally attributed to St. Julie Billiart
Today's Reflection:
Recall a time when you experienced the truth of this quote. How did God’s guidance seem to be severe but prove to be good, wise, and kind? Make a mental note to remember this the next time a trial comes your way.
  

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This Heaven Within You

Posted on Monday, April 05, 2021 by Women of Grace Staff

April 5
Feast of St. Vincent Ferrer (1350 – 1419)
“You must open the interior eyes of your soul on this light, on this heaven within you, a vast horizon stretching far beyond the realm of human activity.”
-From a letter of St. Vincent Ferrer
For Reflection:
How “open” are my spiritual eyes to the heaven within me? What adjustments can I make, both interior and exterior, to perceive more clearly the life of God within me?
  

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Easter Sunday

Posted on Sunday, April 04, 2021 by Women of Grace Staff

April 4
Easter Sunday
Easter Hymn
Let us rise in early morning,
And instead of ointments bring
Hymns of praises to our Master,
And His Resurrection sing;
We shall see the Sun of Justice
Risen with healing in His wing.
Go ye forth, His Saints, to meet Him!
Go with lamps in every hand!
From the sepulcher He riseth;
Ready for the Bridegroom stand;
And the Pascha of salvation
Hail, with His triumphant band.
- St. John Damascene
For Reflection:
What hymns of praise am I bringing to the Risen Christ today? For what am I abundantly grateful?
  

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Holy Saturday

Posted on Saturday, April 03, 2021 by Women of Grace Staff

April 3
Holy Saturday
To Christ Crucified
  I am not moved to love Thee, O my Lord,
  By any longing for Thy Promised Land;
Nor by the fear of hell am I unmanned
To cease from my transgressing deed or word.
‘Tis Thou Thyself dost move me, -- Thy blood poured
Upon the cross from nailed foot and hand;
And all the wounds that did Thy body brand;
And all Thy shame and bitter death’s award.
Yea, to Thy heart am I so deeply stirred
That I would love Thee were no heaven on high, --
That I would fear, were hell a tale absurd!
Such my desire, all questioning grows vain;
Though hope deny me hope I still should sigh,
And as my love is now, it should remain.
-Anonymous (16th or 17th C.)
Translated from the Spanish by Thomas Walsh
For Reflection:
On this Holy Saturday, I enter into the tomb with Jesus. What one area of my life is most in need of resurrection? How is Jesus showing me He wants to bring this part of me “back to life?”
  

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Good Friday of the Lord's Passion

Posted on Friday, April 02, 2021 by Women of Grace Staff

April 2
Good Friday of the Lord's Passion
“Who can measure the extent of My goodness? For you I descended from heaven to earth; for you I allowed Myself to be nailed to the Cross; for you I let My Sacred Heart be pierced with a lance, thus opening wide the source of mercy for you. Come, then, with trust to draw graces from this fountain.”
-Jesus to St. Faustina Kowalska
For Reflection:
What is Jesus say directly to you through these words? What do you say back to Him? For the next nine days, pray the Divine Mercy Novena with receptivity and trust that you will draw from the fountain of the Sacred Heart the very grace you most need.
  

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Lenten Journey Through the Sorrows of Mary: Holy Thursday

Posted on Thursday, April 01, 2021 by Women of Grace Staff

April 1
Holy Thursday
While my body here decays
May my soul your goodness praise,
Safe in heaven eternally. Amen Alleluia.
For Reflection:
This final stanza of the Stabat Mater encourages us to consider the Divine Mercy that floods the heart of Our Savior, who gave Himself for us. In what one way do you most need to experience this Ocean of Mercy? Journal your response. As you read tomorrow’s GraceLine, hear the voice of Jesus talking to you.
  

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Lenten Journey Through the Sorrows of Mary: When my life shall leave me

Posted on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 by Women of Grace Staff

March 31
Savior, when my life shall leave me,
Through your mother’s prayers receive me
With the fruits of victory.
For Reflection:
Mary has assured us of her maternal intercession and God assures us forgiveness of our sins when we truly repent. However, the evil one seeks to steal all assurance from us. He does this in three ways: discouragement, distrust, doubt. Discouragement because we are afraid we now can never acquire a deep union with God; distrust that God will treat us less favorably now and that He will be niggardly in the grace He gives us; doubt that God has forgiven us at all because our sin is so great.
To what extent is any one of these true of you? Read Rev. 21:5-6. Journal your insights, inspirations, and consolations.
  

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Lenten Journey Through the Sorrows of Mary: O Virgin Nigh

Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 by Women of Grace Staff

March 30
Be to me, O Virgin, nigh,
Lest in flames I burn and die,
In His awe-full judgment day.
For Reflection:
How are you assured that Our Lady will be “nigh” to you on your judgment day? Journal your interior response.
  

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