Come Away By Yourselves
"Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a while." These words of Jesus Christ are an invitation to personal and intimate prayer. The meditations offered in this podcast are intended to help the listener enter into his own prayerful relationship with God. By reflecting on scenes from the Gospel, on other passages from Scripture, and on the insights of saints and spiritual writers, we can strengthen our faith in Jesus and our love for God. In the Gospel of John, Jesus says, "I have called you my friends." By regular meditation and dialogue with Our Lord in prayer, our life can be transformed into an ever deepening and loving friendship with God.
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On the last day of May, we celebrate the Feast of the Visitation. Elizabeth"s response to Mary"s greeting reveals a beautiful chain of presence, words and responsiveness. Her compliments to Mary on her motherhood and her confidence in God are closely connected. By imitating one of them we also participate spiritually
In this month of May, we turn our hearts and minds towards Our Lady. Like a good mother, she can teach us the most important of lessons. Among these, how to prayer better is something we can learn from her example and her life with Jesus. https://comeawaybyyourselves.com
Reflections on Marian devotion and Our Lady of Fatima.
"He who eats this bread will live forever." "He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me and I in him." In the Bread of Life Discourse, Jesus makes wonderful claims about Eucharistic Communion. In Communion, we share in Jesus" resurrection and are intimately united with him. This should change the way we
In St. John"s Gospel, Jesus"s third appearance happens after a night of fruitless fishing for the apostles. Our Lord"s intervention makes up abundantly for the lack of success they had that night. Our lives too are often marked by apparent failure and frustration. Like the apostles, this can be made right by a new e
God"s power is especially evident in his mercy. There are no sins that he can"t forgive and his mercy waits upon the smallest opening of repentance and sorrow for sin. Receiving God"s mercy is also the result of being merciful ourselves. Forgiving others is a condition for being forgiven. Our own forgiveness and me