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Lose Yourself in Love

January 11, 2018 by Andy Lesnefsky 3 Comments

Today, I hope you remember you have a vocation. You have a calling. I think as lay people, it’s sometimes easy to forget that. You are called to love as Saint Thérèse of Lisieux reminds us:

“At last I have found my vocation: My vocation is love.”

Whether you are a priest, a religious, a single person or married, God calls you. He loves you. These are simple but profound reminders. One of St. Teresa of Calcutta’s favorite sayings was that we must be “only all for Jesus.” This challenge isn’t reserved for a few, but an invitation for all of us. Be HIS today.

I am thrilled to share with you today one last vocation story from the Sisters of Life, Sr. Faustina Maria Pia. She’s the author of the Litany of Trust, and I think her video is an excellent bookend to our series.

I would encourage you to do two things today:

Take 5 minutes to think about your current state of life and how God is calling you to be “only all for Jesus.” Lose yourself in His love.
Share one way on social media how God is speaking to you in your life, or something you feel Him putting on your heart.

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Live the Joy of the Season

December 25, 2017 by Sr. Elizabeth CFR 1 Comment

REFLECT – Merry Christmas! Did you know we, the church, celebrate Christmas Day for 8 days? Are you aware the 12 Days of Christmas is more than an amusing song? Twelve days mark the time from Christmas to the Epiphany. Does it surprise you that the Christmas season extends until the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple on February 2nd ? While some people are rushing back to the stores for more sales and others are back to the same old routine, the church invites us to take a significant time to celebrate. This celebration is laden with awe, rejoicing and pondering because God-is- with-us. God’s love is made tangible in the child Jesus.

SHARE – Continue wishing people a Merry Christmas or a Blessed Christmas season until February 2nd . When someone looks at you strangely because it’s past December 25th have the courageous, contagious kindness to invite them to celebrate Christmas until February 2nd too. Emmanuel! God-is- with-us!

PRAY – We want to invite you to pray the Litany of Trust with us at the beginning and end of each day. Click here to download the litany.

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The Message of God’s Love

December 25, 2017 by Sr. Pia Jude SV 1 Comment

REFLECT – Jesus knows how we love and how we receive love. God chose to be born as an infant so that we might not fear drawing close to Him in love. That same God comes veiled in the Eucharist so that we might not fear coming even closer still—to consume Him as our food. God communicated to us His desire to be our food from that very first Christmas night. Jesus was placed in a manger, a place that holds food. At communion, Jesus is laid in our hearts where we receive Him in love and adore Him. And for most of us, He communicates His love in the silence of that union. O silent night!

SHARE – Ask the angels to join you as you sit in silence before the tabernacle today for 5-10 minutes. Invite someone to Holy Mass with you this Christmas. Share some silent time with a family member or friend in front of a manger scene and see the infant Jesus gazing at you in love.

PRAY – We want to invite you to pray the Litany of Trust with us at the beginning and end of each day. Click here to download the litany.

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COMMENT – Join in the conversation! Let us know how you are sharing Jesus with your family today!

Why I Know God Is Real

December 18, 2017 by Lauren Gates Leave a Comment

REFLECT – Sometimes its easy for us to think that God is “too good to be true.” We can get so caught up in proving God’s existence via reason or science, logic or experience, that we miss the strongest evidence we have: the desires of our hearts. Science can’t explain our innate desire to love and be loved. Reason alone can’t explain why we long for meaning and purpose. Our desire for love, and our desire for meaning are in every human heart, put there deliberately by God as a roadmap to lead us to Himself.

Our God is not a God of secrets, or of tricks. He doesn’t give us impossible puzzles in our lives and then make the solutions impossible. Our God is constantly seeking us, longing for us, and calling us closer to Him. He is thirsting constantly for us to be one with Him. God reveals Himself through the desires of our hearts. The parts of us that long for acceptance, understanding, and love — that’s where God is.

SHARE – Examine your heart. What are your deepest desires? What is God revealing to you about Himself through those desires?

PRAY – We want to invite you to pray the Litany of Trust with us at the beginning and end of each day. Click here to download the litany.

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My Vocation Story – Sr. Antoniana, SV

December 15, 2017 by Sr. Antoniana Maria SV 1 Comment

REFLECT – Our group just arrived into Rome and we all settled into our rooms. After putting my bags down I found my way into the chapel. As I knelt in the dark chapel late at night, exhausted by the travel, I looked at Jesus in the Tabernacle and was filled with a sense of deep gratitude at all the ways He has blessed me. I began thanking Him for every little thing. At the end of this litany of gratitude my soul rested in the fullness of His Presence… and I was silent. Finally the Lord had room to speak and in the silence of my heart I heard, “Will you love me with an undivided heart?” Fear and joy, dread and love intermingled in my heart. After a moment of shock, a deep peace filled my heart and I was able to respond, “Yes Lord, I give you everything…and do with me as You please.”

SHARE – Think of the people closest to you, who God is calling you to love. Write down some ways you can lay down your life for theirs today, and do those things as you see opportunity to.

PRAY – We want to invite you to pray the Litany of Trust with us at the beginning and end of each day. Click here to download the litany.

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