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Feast of St. John Baptist De La Salle

Posted on April 7, 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 April 6, 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 April 5, 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 April 4, 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 April 3, 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 April 2, 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 April 1, 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 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 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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Lenten Journey Through the Sorrows of Mary: Wounded with His every wound

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Women of Grace Staff

March 29

Wounded with His every wound,

Steep my soul till it has swooned

In His very Blood away.

For Reflection:

Read Mark’s account of the Passion. Underline or circle all of the wounds of Christ – physical, emotional, psychological. Which of these wounds have you experienced? How? Unite each of these sufferings to the wounds of Jesus and ask that the Precious Blood shed for you on Calvary’s hill will fill you with the healing balm of the Holy Spirit.

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