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For A Moment
In the quiet hoursbefore the dawnwhile the worldis still sleepingI sitinviting your presenceopening my heart to youand sometimeseven if for a momentyou pull back the veilbetween usto let me knowthat though the roommay be emptyI am not alone ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Lectio: You Are Christ’s Hands
“Christ has no body now but yours, no hands but yours, no feet but yours.Yours are the eyes through which Christ’s compassion must look out on the world.Yours are the feet with which He is to go about doing good.Yours are the hands with which He is to bless us now.” ~Teresa of Avila
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Oratio: Within Me
My courage comesfrom you Lordon my ownI am a cowardand I am selfishall of my goodnessI owe to your Spiritwithin methrough your loveand grace Lordhelp me to decreasethat you may increasewithin memay I tastethe sweet fruitof your divine mercyand share that fruitwith those about meuntil there is nothing leftbut Christwithin me ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Lectio: Successful Meditation
“We should not, however, judge the value of our meditation by ‘how we feel.’ A hard and apparently fruitless meditation may in fact be much more valuable than one that is easy, happy, enlightened and apparently a big success.” ~Thomas Merton
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Oratio: For My Mother
Born into this worldthrough water and fleshmy mother’s armsheld and comforted mewiping my tearsand giving me strengthuntil I could reachfor the Lordentering the watersof baptismdying to the fleshreborn of the spiritwith and in Christin whom I find comfortHe dries my tearsand gives me strengthforevernone of whichwould be possiblewere it not for my motherfrom whose…
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Lectio: From Mary
“From Mary we learn to surrender to God’s will in all things. From Mary we learn to trust even when all hope seems gone. From Mary we learn to love Christ her Son and the Son of God!” ~St. John Paul II
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Lectio: Conform to Christ
“Marriage is meant to be one of the ways in which you die to yourself out of love for Christ and love for others that conforms you to Christ.” ~Fr. Mike Schmitz
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Lectio: Changed By Meekness
“Choose the meekness of Moses and you will find your heart which is a rock changed into a spring of water.” ~Amma Syncletica of Alexandria
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Lectio: A Reflection of God
“The interesting thing is that when you can forgive people for not being God, then you can celebrate that they are a reflection of God, a reflection of God’s great unconditional love.” ~Henri Nouwen
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Lectio: In Love and Service
“May God ever grant you, my holy daughter, his holy grace so that in all things you may employ yourself in his holy love and service, as is your obligation, since that is why he created and redeemed you.” ~St. John of the Cross