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For the time is coming

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Women of Grace Staff

“For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching,

but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own liking, and will turn away from listening

to the truth and wander into myths.”

-2 Timothy 4:3-4

Today’s Reflection:

In light of this passage, how should we evaluate what is presented to us from the vantage point of our Catholic Faith. Are you currently influenced negatively by things in your life that are contrary to our Faith? What are those things?

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Resist the Devil

Posted on January 8, 2021 by Women of Grace Staff

January 8

“Resist the devil and he will flee from you.”

-James 4:7

Today’s Reflection:

Anytime we are serious about our relationship with God, we can be certain that Satan will try to dissuade us in every way possible. He will taunt us, tempt us, and try us in an effort to make us give up and give in. What are your biggest distractions? How is God calling you to remain faithful to your time of prayer?

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Hear God speak in the bottom of your heart

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Women of Grace Staff

January 7

“The chief exercise of prayer is to speak to God and to hear God speak in the bottom of your heart.”

-St. Francis de Sales

For Reflection

Prayer is a gateway to intimacy with our Creator and Lord. Through it, we find fellowship with Him. What effect does such an interaction have?

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Prayer is Essential

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Women of Grace Staff

January 6

“Prayer is not one occupation among many, but is at the center

of our life in Christ.”

-St. John Paul II

For Reflection

Prayer is not optional; it is essential. How is God calling you to turn your prayer life into the breath of your existence?

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God So Loved the World

Posted on January 1, 2021 by Women of Grace Staff

January 1

Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.”

– John 3:16

For Reflection

Why would God do such a thing even as man often stubbornly opposes His divine will? As we enter this New Year, how can you more freely accept God’s amazing gift to us, Jesus Christ? Ask Mary, Mother of God, to intercede for you to have greater receptivity to every grace and blessing that He desires to give you in this New Year and new decade.

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Eve of the Feast of Mary Mother of God

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Women of Grace Staff

December 31

Eve of the Feast of Mary, Mother of God

Mother benign of our redeeming Lord,

Star of the sea and portal of the skies,

Unto thy fallen people help afford –

Fallen, but striving still anew to rise.

Thou who dids’t once, while wond’ring

worlds adored,

Bear thy Creator, Virgin then as now,

O by thy holy joy at Gabriel’s word,

Pity the sinners who before thee bow.

-Roman Breviary, Antiphon of the Blessed Virgin

For Reflection

Spend some quiet moments with Mary by reflecting on this antiphon. Journal your reflections.

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Highest Dignity

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Women of Grace Staff

December 30

“God could make a bigger world or a wider sky, but He could not raise a pure creature higher than Mary, for the dignity of Mother of God is the highest dignity that can be conferred on a creature.”

-St. Bonaventure

For Reflection

Pray the prayer of Consecration to Jesus Through Mary by St. Louis Grignion de Montfort. Jot down any insights, reflections, inspirations that come to you through this prayer. Adopt this prayer as your own for the next year or write your own prayer of consecration to Jesus through Mary. Add this to your list of resolutions for the coming new year.

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The First Thing

Posted on December 29, 2020 by Women of Grace Staff

December 29

“The first thing which kindles ardor in learning is the greatness of the teacher. What is greater than the Mother of God? What more glorious than she whom Glory Itself chose?”

-St. Ambrose of Milan

For Reflection

What has Mary taught me in the “course” of this past year? What lesson is she “kindling” in me now? What lesson would I like her to teach me in this coming year? I will formulate a request to her and add it to my list of resolutions.

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True love of God

Posted on December 28, 2020 by Women of Grace Staff

December 28

“True love of God consists in adhering perfectly to His holy will, not desiring to do or to be other than what God indicates for each of us, to the point of becoming, as it were, “a living will of God.”

-Father Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalene, OCD

For Reflection

How does the Blessed Virgin Mary demonstrate true love of God according to the definition given to us in this quote? How and why is she the icon of “a living will of God?” To what extent am I the same? What one strategy in the coming new year can I employ to help me be more so? Add it to my list of resolutions.

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Blessed in Her Discipleship

Posted on December 27, 2020 by Women of Grace Staff

December 27

“The Blessed Mary certainly did the Father’s will and so it was for her a greater thing to have been Christ’s disciple than to have been His mother, and she was more blessed in her discipleship than in her motherhood.”

-St. Augustine

For Reflection

Consider this quote in light of Luke 11: 27-28. Write your thoughts and reflections. How did Mary’s discipleship begin at the moment of the Annunciation and continue throughout her life? To what extent does your discipleship mirror hers? Formulate a new year’s resolution to help you grow in this way in the coming year.

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