Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 30
…. I have learnt that when I give myself over to being ‘His’ I finally discover what it is to be ‘me’.
Being and Doing – 28 March – As Our Day so is our Strength
We have no right to say of any good work, it is too hard for me to do; or of any sorrow, it is too hard for me to bear; or of any sinful habit, it is hard for me to overcom
Being and Doing – 27 March – Present Opportunities
The best place is wherever he puts us, and any other would be undesirable, all the worse because it would please our fancy, and would be of our own choice.
Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 29
The lesson I need to learn, and perhaps a few other readers who like me allow themselves to be hag-ridden by their vocations, is the one about to whom my time and days really belongs…
Being and Doing – 26 March – Daily Consecration
…leaving the future always in God’s hands, sure that He can care for it better than we. Blessed trust!
Being and Doing – 25 March – Power to Serve
IF we measure our work for God by our own ability to do it, we must not be surprised if God takes us at our word, and the results are small;
Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 28
If we chose to love only when we have a reason to love it becomes a tool instead of a gift and a bribe instead of a pledge of devotion.
That is not love it is lust masquerading as concern.
Lux, Vita, Caritas – A Sermon for the 5th Sunday of Lent
Little by little, act of kindness by act of kindness, teardrop by teardrop, we, often seen as the powerless, have the possibility and the power to transform rejection, prejudice and judgment into ‘Something Beautiful for God’
Being and Doing – 24 March – Small Things
VERY slight deeds and words may have a sacramental efficacy, if we can cast our self-love behind us in order to do and say them.
Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 27
The journey through Lent is about fasting from things that are harmful. Being over particular, even if it is only in a ‘small’ way which ‘everyone’ should understand, is often about greed rather than denial
