Canticle For the King

The Canaanite Woman~ Matthew 15:21~28 Woman, great is thy faith...

This information loaded world we live in can cause all sorts of thoughts and distractions to flood our minds. Not all of them bad, but they can still push God right out of our daily thoughts. As I was reading and meditating upon the Scripture from Philippians pictured above, I felt the nudge to write it down and post it to my bedroom mirror where I will see it at least every morning. (I actually do this whenever a verse jumps off the page.) I didn't write it down word for word but very similarly to the way it is pictured above. Here's a general idea of what I did in case you wish to do something like it. When bad, negative or evil thoughts come... THINK of whatever is: T rue                 H onest.                                   J ust                               ...

             I often try to imagine what our Blessed Mother's Assumption must have been like, and I come to the realization that it probably didn't happen at all as I imagine. When I read Anne Catherine Emmerich's visions on this event, I see that I am correct in that realization. I have only posted here the moment of Mary's Assumption, but you may want to read the entire vision beginning with Peter's Mass, and including Our Lady's last Holy Communion. Please remember that these visions are considered private revelations and are not dogma. That being said, they are too beautiful not to share, and surpass any reflection I could ever write on this event. On the night following the burial, took place the bodily assumption of the Blessed Virgin into heaven. I saw on this night several of the Apostles and holy women in the little garden, praying and singing Psalms before the grotto. I saw a broad pathway of light descend from heaven and rest upo...

I thought I would dedicate Sundays here to sacred art reflecting one of the readings~ Welcome to Sacred Art Sunday.                                                              Peter said to Him, "Lord if it is You, command me to come to You on the water." And He said, "Come."  ~Matthew 14:29-29                                   

  Divine love takes its sword to the hidden recesses of our inmost soul and divides us from ourselves. ~St. Jane Frances de Chantal                                                   The Holy Spirit seems to have me on a "sword" theme these last two days. The above quote is taken from the Office of Readings today for St. Jane's feast day. St. Jane, under the guidance of St. Francis de Sales, founded the Visitation Order. She was speaking to her sisters about martyrdom, especially about what she called a martyrdom of love. She described this martyrdom as: "Here God keeps his servants and hand maids in this present life so that they may labor for him..." When one of her sisters asked what this type of martyrdom looked like, she replied, "Yield yourself fully to God, and you will find out!" Now there's a challenge! And it is one, as Christians, we are a...

To belong to God we have to experience the two~edged blade: the blade of joy, the blade of the cross. ~Servant of God Madeleine Delbrel                                                                                I loved this quote from Madeleine Delbrel's reflection on today's Gospel(Matthew 16:24~28) in Magnificat. For me, it summed up Jesus' teaching on taking up our cross. Our crosses come in any variety of ways. Some are sent to us from God, others are self~inflicted. However they come, if we truly desire to belong to God, we need to not just embrace them, but embrace them with joy~ not an easy thing to do. Jesus embraced His cross. I doubt that He found it easy, but there must have been joy in His Sacred Heart because He went to the cross for love of His Father's will and...

                                                   Or in this case, the keyboard. After much prayer and discernment, I have decided to resume writing. I wasn't sure where God would take me with it this time~ I'm still not sure. I will leave that up to Him. This blog's title and description seem to reflect that. Much of what you will see here will be reflections and meditations on Scripture, the saints and all things Catholic. I will also share notable people and sites as I come across them. I like to consider this blog my own little devotional ~ one that I'd like to share with all who visit here. So let's pray and travel this road together and see where God takes us.