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Caryll Houselander image used with permission from TRINITY ICONS Day 14: Patience in the Hidden Growth of Sorrow Sometimes this Advent season of the soul is a recurring rhythm through life, deliberately chosen as such...

An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart: Prepare your heart for Christ through Scripture, the saints, and the gentle practice of daily listening. Part Three: Listening Through Trials, Weakness, and Silence DAY 15...

Sunday of the 3rd Week of Advent – An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart As you begin, take a deep breath and exhale slowly. For at least the next few moments, surrender all the cares and concerns of this day...

The 3rd Sunday of Advent – The Joy of Christ’s Coming – Building a Kingdom of Love with Msgr. John Esseff In this Third Sunday of Advent reflection, Msgr. John Esseff proclaims the joy of Christ’s coming and the deep...

CLJ6 – Joyful Penitence – ‘Come, Lord Jesus’ by Mother Mary Francis, P.C.C. An excerpt from Come, Lord Jesus: Meditations on the Art of Waiting: Joyful Penitence My dear Sisters, in this third week of Advent following...

An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart: Prepare your heart for Christ through Scripture, the saints, and the gentle practice of daily listening. Week Two: Following the Voice of Christ DAY 14 – Dryness “O God, thou...

Caryll Houselander image used with permission from TRINITY ICONS Day 13: The True Fruit of Advent in Suffering “ We need the season of Advent; we need it in suffering, in joy, and in thought. We need it in everything...

St. Therese of Lisieux said the following: “If I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient. But I only look at the present. I forget the past, and I take good care not...

Saturday of the 2nd Week of Advent – An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart As you begin, take a deep breath and exhale slowly. For at least the next few moments, surrender all the cares and concerns of this...

Our Lady of Guadalupe – Building a Kingdom of Love with Msgr. John Esseff Msgr. John Esseff reflects on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe as a decisive moment of renewal for the Church, set against the turmoil of...

From the Office of Readings: From a report by Don Antonio Valeriano, a Native American author of the sixteenth century (Nicon Mopohua, 12th ed., 3-9, 21) The Voice of the Turtledove has been heard in our land At...

Caryll Houselander image used with permission from TRINITY ICONS Day 12: The Virtue of Patience in Small Things “ There are things that refuse to be violated by speed, that demand at least their proper time of growth...

An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart: Prepare your heart for Christ through Scripture, the saints, and the gentle practice of daily listening. Week Two: Following the Voice of Christ DAY 13 – Surrender “Trust in...

The patient one is also the meek one. In meekness, we have received God’s love so deeply, that we securely possess our own identities. Meekness is not weakness or some type of emotional withdrawal. To be meek, is to...

Friday of the 2nd Week of Advent – An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart As you begin, take a deep breath and exhale slowly. For at least the next few moments, surrender all the cares and concerns of this day...

Episode 7 – Valentinus – Villains of the Early Church with Mike Aquilina Mike Aquilina and Kris McGregor explore the figure of Valentinus, an early second-century teacher whose ideas became one of the most significant...

Caryll Houselander image used with permission from TRINITY ICONS Day 11: Letting Christ Grow Within Us “ We ought to let everything grow in us, as Christ grew in Mary. And we ought to realize that in everything that...

Novena a la Virgen de Guadalupe En el nombre del Padre, del Hijo y del Espíritu Santo. Amén. “ Señor mío, Jesucristo, Dios y Hombre verdadero, creador y redentor mío, por ser vos quien sois, y porque os amo sobre todas...

Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe – Day 9 Day Nine Mother of our Savior, the conversion of your Aztec children brought an end to infant sacrifice in Mexico. Holy Mary, we implore your help to end the infant sacrifice by...

An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart: Prepare your heart for Christ through Scripture, the saints, and the gentle practice of daily listening. Week Two: Following the Voice of Christ DAY 12 – Interior Movement “I...

In the area of the new evangelization, we need to receive more in prayer. Even more than give witness to an action or word. The deeper we receive his love in prayer, the fewer our words will have to be to have great...

Thursday of the 2nd week of Advent – An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart From the Holy Gospel According to St. Matthew 11:11-15 Jesus spoke to the crowds: ‘I tell you solemnly, of all the children born of...

Mystical Experience and Consoling Prayer – The Way of Mystery with Deacon James Keating Deacon James Keating explains how God draws the heart toward himself through ordinary prayer and through growth out of serious sin...

CLJ5 – A Cleaned Heart – ‘Come, Lord Jesus’ by Mother Mary Francis, P.C.C. An excerpt from Come, Lord Jesus: Meditations on the Art of Waiting: A Cleaned Heart My dear Sisters, in the second week of Advent we have so...

Caryll Houselander image used with permission from TRINITY ICONS Day 10: Faith in the Hidden Christ “ This time of Advent is absolutely essential to our contemplation too. If we have truly given our humanity to be...