You’ve go to do your own growing, no matter how tall your Grandfather was. — Irish Proverb Lent is a time of immense spiritual growth, but how much we grow is up to us and what we do with the tools we are given. Somedays you might feel like you are making great progress, and some…
Tuesday In the Fourth Week of Lent
Lent gives us an opportunity to experiment and once we have learned, to design the next experiment. Lent gives you the chance to dabble in various forms of meditation, prayer, fasting, and service and to see what works for you and your neighbor. Great figures in History like St. Francis, Benedict, and Gandhi found different…
Monday In the Fourth Week of Lent
St. Theresa’s Prayer: May today there be peace within. May you trust your highest power that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith. May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given…
Fourth Sunday In Lent
Being reprinted from Forward Day by Day: Psalm 32:12 Be glad, you righteous, and rejoice in the LORD; shout for joy, all who are true of heart.Today is the Fourth Sunday in Lent, but this day has other names too. In England, this Sunday is often called Mothering Sunday, as an opportunity to honor mothers. It’s…
Saturday In the Third Week of Lent
We are all familiar with the idea of turning something over to God, especially a serious problem. The one thing we have to do is to be sure we don’t take the problem back. Lent brings us into a new life. We find ourselves thinking about spiritual things at random times and sense we are…