July 12
“Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light for my path.”
-Psalm 119:105
Today’s Reflection:
Why should prayerful reading of Scripture be part of my prayer time?
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Pray in secret
July 11
“But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
-Matthew 6:6
Today’s Reflection:
How does my prayer environment contribute to my time of prayer?
Focus on God
July 10
“The more we give ourselves up in the worship of God, the more our personality is deepened and enriched. The more we concentrate on ourselves and our own status, however, the more we grow poor, shallow, and dull…”
-Jutta Burggraf
Today’s Reflection:
Ponder the times you have focused on God vs. yourself? How have you seen your personality enriched or diminished?
Pondering in her heart
July 9
“But Mary kept all these things, pondering them in her heart.”
-Luke 2:19
Today’s Reflection:
To what extent do I ponder my daily situations in prayer?
My soul doth magnify the Lord
July 8
“And Mary said: My soul doth magnify the Lord. And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior. Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid; for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. Because he that is mighty, hath done great things to me; and holy is his name.
-Luke 1:46-49
Today’s Reflection:
Through my vocation as woman, the Lord has done great things for me and invites me to do great things in His name. Do I believe this?
The gift of being a woman
July 7
“The gift of being a woman is the ability to give life. As Christian women we have an even greater privilege – to give supernatural life to others through a personal relationship with Christ in life.”
-Marianne Evans Mount
Today’s Reflection:
How seriously do I take my call to bring spiritual life to others?
Her original vocation
July 6
“Woman’s nature is determined by her original vocation of spouse and mother. One depends on the other. The body of woman is fashioned ‘to be one flesh’ with another and to nurse new human life in itself.”
-St. Edith Stein
Today’s Reflection:
What are some specific ways the Lord uses my feminine call as a source of sanctification for myself? For others?
Male and female he created them
July 5
“Then God said: “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness…” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.”
-Genesis 1:26, 27
Today’s Reflection:
God has created the female person to share in His sovereign act of bringing new life to the world, including spiritual life. How can you nurture this aspect of your femininity?
Woe to those who call evil good
July 4
“Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil, who put darkness for light, and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”
-Isaiah 5:20
Today’s Reflection:
Contemporary thoughts and ideas often take root in subtle ways. To what extent have my own attitudes about my woman and reproductive system been shaped by the culture of the day? How can I overcome false understandings?
Crowned with glory and honor
July 3
“O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth! For thy magnificence is elevated above the heavens…What is man that thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man that thou visitest him? Thou hast made him little less than the angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honor.”
-Psalm 8:2, 5-6
Today’s Reflection:
Woman participates in a unique way in God’s sovereign role of Creator. How does this specially “crown” the female person with God’s glory?
