Grounded in Love – Nov. 25, 2022
“I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love.” -Ephesians 3:16-17
Magnaminity
I remember when my husband and I had just indulged in giant-scoop ice cream cones of our favorite flavor, jamoca almond fudge. Stumbling on the cobblestone pavement, his cone flipped, and the ice cream fell out. A young child behind us gasped and stepped up, holding out her own cone as solace. Who could have imagined this magnanimous […]
The Gift of Being a Person – Nov. 9, 2022
“Both true prayer and love for others are selfless, in that they lead us toward and emerge from a simultaneous death to self and discovery of a new self born of God. Both prayer and service to others reveal to us the tremendous truth that to be a person is to be a gift, and […]
Our Deepest Freedom – Nov. 8, 2022
“Our deepest freedom rests not in our freedom to do what we want to do but rather in our freedom to become who God wills us to be.” -James Finley, Merton’s Palace of Nowhere, p. 73
