Yearly Archives: 2021

Joy is the true gift of Christmas

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December 17
“Joy is the true gift of Christmas, not the expensive gifts that call for time and money. We can communicate this joy simply: with a smile, a kind gesture, a little help, forgiveness. And the joy we give will certainly come back to us…. Let us pray that this presence of the liberating joy of God shines forth in our lives.”
-Pope Benedict XVI
Today’s Reflection:
Christmas day is a week from tomorrow! This week, let’s prepare our hearts a little deeper to receive our Lord. Today, how can you “communicate this joy” a tad more? Who can you forgive? Who has God presented to you to help or offer some kindness? In so doing, thank Him for the opportunity to serve and love just a drop more!
  

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The Lord is near

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December 16
“Brothers and sisters: Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice! Your kindness should be known to all.
The Lord is near. Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding
will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.”
-Philippians 4:4-7
Today’s Reflection:
Make your desires known to God today. And while you wait, rejoice in the moment. Trust Him with timing, and allow Him to fulfill all the desires of your heart!
  

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Grant my desires

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December 15
“Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in the piercing cold. In that hour vouchsafe, O my God, to hear my prayer and grant my desires, through the merits of Our Savior Jesus Christ, and of His blessed Mother. Amen.”
-St. Andrew Novena
Today’s Reflection:
What desires do you need to bring to God today? What are you holding onto out of fear? How is God calling you to trust Him today?
  

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He becomes a child

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December 14
“God’s sign is his humility. God’s sign is that he makes himself small; he becomes a child; he lets us touch him and he asks for our love. How we would prefer a different sign, an imposing, irresistible sign of God’s power and greatness! But his sign summons us to faith and love, and thus it gives us hope: this is what God is like. He has power, he is Goodness itself. He invites us to become like him. Yes indeed, we become like God if we allow ourselves to be shaped by this sign; if we ourselves learn humility and hence true greatness; if we renounce violence and use only the weapons of truth and love.”
– Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Today’s Reflection:
How can I use the “weapons of truth and love” today? How will that change my heart into a place of humility, and ultimately, greatness?
  

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The Angelus: Perfect Prayer for Advent

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by Theresa Cavicchio

How is your Advent going so far? Now that we’re about halfway through this season of waiting and preparing, it may be a good time to switch spiritual gears, so to say, and to introduce a prayer that wouldn’t necessarily be associated with the Advent season, despite its appropriateness.

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Will He find a warm heart?

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December 13
“At this Christmas when Christ comes, will He find a warm heart? Mark the season of Advent by loving and serving the others with God’s own love and concern.”
-St. Teresa of Calcutta
Today’s Reflection:
Today, who is God calling you to show extra love? What needs of others are you overlooking, and how can you redirect your gaze from the mirror to Him and your neighbor?
  

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John Main’s Christian Meditation Technique: Just Another Mind Blanking Exercise

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EM writes: “Recently a friend has become involved with the John Main Christian Meditation movement.  I find this to be part of the New Age Movement, but she won’t listen. I would love to be able to recommend to her some writings or recognized persons who would specifically speak about John Main and the Christian meditation Movement.  Any articles I come across do not mention John Main specifically and  so my friend feels that this is legimitate Christian (Catholic) Meditation.  Can you help?”

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