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In rising, You restored our life. When I fear death and doubt rises in my heart, help me be at peace in trusting God, the author of life (Heb 2:14-15).

In rising, You restored our life. When I fear death and doubt rises in my heart, help me be at peace in trusting God, the author of life (Heb 2:14-15). Our time on Earth is fleeting. All of us will die eventually. That isn’t the end, though. There will be a resumption to life by…

The law of the Lord is love. In His love for us, God has given us our neighbors in need. “The poor [we] will always have with [us]” (Mark 14:7) because through service to them, we learn to love.

The Personal RosaryMarch 17, 20230Comments

The law of the Lord is love. In His love for us, God has given us our neighbors in need. “The poor [we] will always have with [us]” (Mark 14:7) because through service to them, we learn to love. Our sojourn in this world can be described as a school of learning to love. We…

Everyone is called to enter the Kingdom (CCC 543). The Kingdom is here and now where God’s will is done. May I live to serve now and patiently await the everlasting joy to come.

The Personal RosaryMarch 10, 20230Comments

Everyone is called to enter the Kingdom (CCC 543). The Kingdom is here and now where God’s will is done. May I live to serve now and patiently await the everlasting joy to come. No one is excluded from our Lord’s invitation to the Kingdom. Not the rich—who find it difficult (Luke 18:25). Not the…

You radiated heavenly glory yet spoke of Your coming Passion. The cross is Your love revealed, not an obstacle in Your path. Help me sacrificially live my love for You.

The Personal RosaryMarch 4, 20230Comments

Lord, You radiated heavenly glory yet spoke of Your coming Passion. The cross is Your love revealed, not an obstacle in Your path. Help me sacrificially live my love for You. In the Garden of Eden, at the beginning, Adam and Eve were innocent. They were made for communion with God. God walked…

Temptation

The Personal RosaryFebruary 25, 20230Comments

We are blessed with free will… and cursed by it. We can choose the greatest good… or the worst evil. We can choose Heaven or Hell. God could cancel our free will and end evil in a moment. However, doing so would also be the end of love. There can be no love without free…

You became a spectacle in Your infirmity. May I be willing to be thought a fool for the wisdom of God.

The Personal RosaryFebruary 17, 20230Comments

You became a spectacle in Your infirmity. May I be willing to be thought a fool for the wisdom of God. King of kings And Lord of lords Beaten; stripped; ridiculed; rejected Bearing the tool of His own destruction. Sinless yet condemned by the wicked. Dying for those who hate So they may learn to…

I am shaped by what I love. In loving You, Lord, may I keep Your word and do Your will. Come and make Your dwelling with me (John 14:23) as I follow in Mary’s footsteps of faith.

The Personal RosaryFebruary 10, 20231Comment

I am shaped by what I love. In loving You, Lord, may I keep Your word and do Your will. Come and make Your dwelling with me (John 14:23) as I follow in Mary’s footsteps of faith. Life is full of choices. Some we make consciously as we go through our day. Some have become…

Light from light and true God from true God, Jesus is the light of truth. May I not hide the light given in Baptism but help dispel the darkness in our fallen world.

The Personal RosaryFebruary 3, 20230Comments

Light from light and true God from true God, Jesus is the light of truth. May I not hide the light given in Baptism but help dispel the darkness in our fallen world. Throughout the Bible in the Old and New Testaments God is described as light. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom should…

The Kingdom of Heaven is not in the carnal pleasures of this world. In the proper ordering of my passions, may I find fulfillment in charity and divine beatitude (CCC 1769).

The Personal RosaryJanuary 27, 20230Comments

The Kingdom of Heaven is not in the carnal pleasures of this world. In the proper ordering of my passions, may I find fulfillment in charity and divine beatitude (CCC 1769). We are made in the image and likeness of an infinite God. From our finite perspectives, can we fathom the depths of a soul?…

I believe in the Apostolic Succession yet I have brothers in the Kingdom not in communion with the Church. You prayed for all to be one in faith. I will not encourage division among Your followers (Mark 9:38-41 & Luke 11:23 & John 10:16).

The Personal RosaryJanuary 21, 20232Comments

I believe in the Apostolic Succession yet I have brothers in the Kingdom not in communion with the Church. You prayed for all to be one in faith. I will not encourage division among Your followers (Mark 9:38-41 & Luke 11:23 & John 10:16). Christ is one with the Father. “The Father and I are one”…

Lamb of God, I am not worthy to loosen Your sandal straps. You take away my sins and invite me home to heavenly glory. May my spirit be at peace and rejoice in Your mercy.

The Personal RosaryJanuary 13, 20230Comments

Lamb of God, I am not worthy to loosen Your sandal straps. You take away my sins and invite me home to heavenly glory. May my spirit be at peace and rejoice in Your mercy. John the Baptist was the first to recognize Christ (though he didn’t see Him) as he leaped in the womb…

The Wise Men brought gifts to God incarnate. Do I give the best of the time, talents, and treasure entrusted to me… or just what is left over after sacrificing at the altars of the world?

The Personal RosaryJanuary 6, 20230Comments

The Wise Men brought gifts to God incarnate. Do I give the best of the time, talents, and treasure entrusted to me... or just what is left over after sacrificing at the altars of the world? The Epiphany is the manifestation of Jesus as Messiah of Israel, Son of God and Savior of the world…