KM writes: “I have tried to teach my children, the prayer of silence, where I ask them to sit and close their eyes and just to focus on God and to try not to think of anything else. Is that O.K? I thought that was what contemplation was, but sometimes it’s difficult to figure out. I hope that is not the Catholic equivalent of mind-blanking.”
Yearly Archives: 2024
What you long for
January 1
“The entire life of a good Christian is in fact an exercise of holy desire.
You do not see what you long for, but the very act of desiring prepares you, so that when he comes you may see and be utterly satisfied.”
-St. Augustine
O loving Mother
January 1
Act of Consecration to Our Blessed Lady
Recite the Hail Mary and then pray:
My Queen! My Mother! I give you all
Myself, and, to show my devotion to you,
I consecrate to you my eyes, my ears, my mouth,
My heart, my entire self.
Wherefore, O loving Mother, as I am your own,
Keep me, defend me, as your property
And possession.
Mother of Sorrows, pray for us.
Amen.
