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When I feel unloved, I will remember that love is given… I will choose to love more. Lord, help me in word and deed to evangelize the people You have given me to love.

The Personal RosaryJune 17, 20230Comments

While hiking with my son one day, we met a new friend. We met him in a tough circumstance... he was stuck high on a hiking trail. He was a senior citizen with a bucket list who had bitten off more than he could chew. My son and I felt privileged to be able to…

The same voice that spoke creation into being now declares bread and wine His body and blood. In each repeated consecration, we share in the first (CCC 1410). May my respect for this universal communion of love be reflected in my demeanor.

The Personal RosaryJune 10, 20230Comments

God is spirit (John 4:24). The angels are spirit (Heb 1:14). Animals are flesh given the breath of life (Gen 7:15). Man is unique in creation—formed from the dust in the image and likeness of God Himself as the pinnacle of creation, he was given the breath of life (Gen 2:7) and dominion over all…

May I live in faithful communion with the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church—the holy Bride who is one in flesh with Christ Himself (CCC 796).

The Personal RosaryMay 26, 20230Comments

Scripture begins and ends with a marriage and is centered around the marriage of God to His people. This is foundational to understanding our relationship with Christ and His Kingdom in the New Covenant. The enemies of Christ and His Church make war on the family to undermine the world’s understanding of covenant and further…

I will rejoice when I am persecuted for the name of Jesus. By meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary, may I imitate what is contained and be more fully conformed to Him who suffered and died for me.

The Personal RosaryMay 19, 20230Comments

We live in a world growing increasingly hostile to followers of Christ. The forces of secularism are drawing the battle lines in government, society, family, and even in churches. Expressions of faith are met with ridicule, derision, and even death in many parts of the world. Those who would follow orthodoxy find hostility from those…

Christ shows His wounds in His glorified body. Lord, perfect me through my daily sufferings that I may see Your glory beyond my discomfort. May I cherish the wounds won in Your service.

The Personal RosaryApril 14, 20230Comments

Some of the Apostles have nicknames in the Bible. James and John are referred to as “the sons of thunder.” There was a “zealot,” a “just,” a “greater,” and a “lesser.” Poor Thomas was called “doubting.” It has stuck to him down through the ages because he missed out on a visitation from our Lord.…

Lord, You were faithful to fulfill all things on the cross. Help me not shrink from my own duty when it becomes difficult.

The Personal RosaryApril 8, 20230Comments

Look to the cross of Christ—behold the man. The eyes that saw creation’s light burn bright Darken in a visage barely human As Sun’s pause shows homage in day as night. The knees that bent to honor His Father Are scarred from falls under torture’s device. The weight of wood made heavy by man’s sin…

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…