divine love

  • Oratio: Awakening To Divine Love

    Oratio: Awakening To Divine Love

    Dive into the reflective oratio divina by Robert Van Valkenburgh, exploring the journey from ignorance to awakening in God’s love. This contemplative prayer highlights the innocence of those unaware of God, acting out of fear and misunderstanding. It invites believers to pray for them, hoping they too will experience the light of repentance and…

  • Lectio: Love Begets

    Lectio: Love Begets

    In this reflection on the words of St. John of the Cross, we encounter the transforming power of divine love — a love that shapes the soul into the likeness of the One it adores. True love draws the heart closer to God, conforming our thoughts, desires, and actions to His perfect will. As…

  • Oratio: Facing God

    Oratio: Facing God

    This reflection by Robert Van Valkenburgh reminds us that the face of God is revealed everywhere—in nature’s beauty, in the joy of children, in the vastness of the sky, and in the diversity of humanity, from the rich to the poor, the healthy to the outcast. God’s presence is not only found in what…