Lord, I’m tired. Exhausted. Sometimes I wonder how I find the strength. So much to do, and so little time and energy. And always one...

CHARLES DE FOUCAULD, THE PROPHET OF NAZARETH: 1858-1916. HE LIVED A REMARKABLE LIFE OF ADVENTURE, DEPRIVATION AND DEVOTION. ….born in...

FIRST MONDAY IN ADVENT, SAINT ANDREW'S DAY. GOD’S TIMING O God of all seasons and senses, grant us the sense of your timing to submit...

First Sunday of Advent – Spiritual Communion ✠ In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Christ is a lamp to our...

THE PANDEMIC, WORK AND REDUNDANCY Creator God, you have called us to do your will in the world. You have called us to be shop assistants...

CONTINUING THE THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FOR THOSE GRIEVING IN THE PANDEMIC. The loss of his wife to cancer in 1960 caused C.S.Lewis to write...

LOSS IN THE PANDEMIC. SOME THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO HELP IN DEALING WITH IT. SOME THOUGHTS FROM THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION, AND SOME...

SOME PRAYERS FROM SAINTS WHO EXPERIENCED DEPRESSION Dear God, I am on my knees, because I don’t have the strength to stand up. My...

SOME PRAYERS FOR THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING. FOR THOSE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES O Holy Spirit who dost delve into all things, even the...

✠In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. INTRODUCTION Sheep look out for each other, listen to the...

PRESENTING MARY... The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (as it is known in the West), or The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into...

THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS IN ANXIOUS TIMES Jesus says, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Matt....

DOES GOD CARE? CAN I BELIEVE IN A GOD THAT ALLOWS PANDEMICS, THAT ALLOWS BAD THINGS TO HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE, AND INJUSTICE TO THRIVE?...

TODAY - PRAYERS TO INVITE CHRIST THE NAVIGATOR ABOARD OUR FRAIL VESSELS TO LEAD US TO SAFETY. Prayer of a Breton fisherman Oh Lord! My...

SHAPELY SPIRITUALITY - PATTERNS OF PRAYER IN THE PANDEMIC Christ, be our fundamental food, bread for our souls. Broken you were, because...

SERENITY AND PEACE IN THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC - PART TWO. The Original Version of the Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971)...

Spiritual Communion for The 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time Making a Spiritual Communion is particularly fitting for those who cannot...

FINDING SERENITY AND PEACE IN THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC Psalm 23 for Busy People “The Lord is My Pace-Setter” The Lord is my pace-setter:...

IN GOD'S PRESENCE - MASK OFF - JUST ME....... Jesus says, “Come to me, all you who are weary and over-burdened, and I will give you...

“Who on earth is Saint Josaphat?” I asked. I pride myself on knowing the stories of many saints, but of this one I had not heard. In the...