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With all your soul

Posted on Friday, January 28, 2022 by Women of Grace Staff

January 28
"The first is, 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.' The second is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."
-Mark 12:28-31
Today's Reflection:
The passage reveals an important truth to us about the virtue of charity: true love of neighbor flows from true love of God. Jesus tells the scribe that the first commandment is to love God with the entirety of our being. Then we are to love our neighbor as ourselves. The love of God is a prerequisite for love of neighbor and for every charitable action.
Practicing the corporal works of mercy is a practical way to grow in the virtue of charity. Seek at least one way that you can do so this week.
(1) Feed the hungry.
(2) Give drink to the thirsty.
(3) Clothe the naked.
(4) Shelter the homeless.
(5) Visit those in prison.
(6) Comfort the sick.
(7) Bury the dead.
  

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Chilling Testimony From Former Occultist

Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2022 by Susan Brinkmann

The following testimony was sent to EWTN following a Wacky Wednesday radio show. The author acknowledges that the people who believe in the powers of the occult are also the same people who disparage the Christian belief in demonic powers. But after her own experience, she now knows just how right we are!

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All suffer together

Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2022 by Women of Grace Staff

January 27
"If one member suffers, all suffer together."
-1 Corinthians 12:26
Today's Reflection:
In the Mystical Body, we are one in Christ Jesus. Even when it is not consciously experienced, suffering -- the common denominator of the human condition -- unites us with an unbreakable bond. But suffering itself begs us to ask questions. Why do we suffer? Why does God permit suffering to exist? What is suffering's purpose? Ponder them during your time of prayer today.
  

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Litanies:  Lifting up Our Voices, Lifting up Our Hearts

Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2022 by Guest Blogger

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by Theresa Cavicchio

As a form of prayer, the litany can yield spiritual benefits on many levels.  By definition, a litany is a form of prayer which includes a number of petitions within a specific format.  Certain litanies approved by the Church may be recited or sung in public (communal) or private prayer; others are designated for private prayer only.

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Comfort in our affliction

Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2022 by Women of Grace Staff

January 26
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too."
-2 Corinthians 1:3-5
Today's Reflection:
How can your personal testimony be a beacon of hope and a light of faith illuminating the way to forgiveness through Christlike love and compassion?
  

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Beware of the “Manifesting” Trap

Posted on Tuesday, January 25, 2022 by Susan Brinkmann

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Manifesting is all the rage these days. It’s about how to use your mind to will your goals into existence by using tools such as meditation, guided visualization, vision boards, and other rituals that many believe can make big things happen for anyone. Is this true, and is this something a Catholic should be get involved in?

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Christ lives in me

Posted on Tuesday, January 25, 2022 by Women of Grace Staff

January 25
"It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me."
-Galatians 2:20
Today's Reflection:
Today we celebrate the conversion of St. Paul. His powerful experience of Jesus Christ turned him from a persecutor of Christians to one of the greatest evangelizers of Christianity. Like him, we are called to meet Christ and grow in union with Him. How can you meet Him today? In what ways can you allow Him to live more powerfully in you?
  

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In the bottom of your heart

Posted on Monday, January 24, 2022 by Women of Grace Staff

January 24
"The chief exercise of prayer is to speak to God and to hear God speak
in the bottom of your heart."
-St. Francis de Sales
Today's Reflection:
Prayer is the gateway to friendship and intimacy with God. Do you have a regular and consistent time of prayer? Are there ways you can improve your prayer time? What one step will you take today?
  

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Prayer is the answer

Posted on Sunday, January 23, 2022 by Women of Grace Staff

January 23
"[She] kept all these things in her heart."
-Luke 2:51
Today's Reflection:
Prayer is the answer. Prayer is what the Blessed Virgin Mary did when she faced the contradictions of her life as Mother of the Messiah. It was in her heart that Our Lady found the grace and consolation she needed. In our barren times, how do we need to pray more, not less?
Dearest Mary, Mother of God, pray for us!
  

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