August 14
“Rejoice always, pray constantly.”
-1 Thessalonians 5:16
Author Archives: Women of Grace Staff
Perfume the day in prayer
August 13
“A few moments of recollection and meditation each morning in the presence of God transforms and perfumes the whole day, like flowers cast when night comes, whose fragrance at dawn anoints everything they have touched.”
-Elisabeth Leseur
A lamp for my feet
Pray in secret
August 11
“But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.”
-Matthew 6:6
Focus on God
August 10
“The more we give ourselves up in the worship of God, the more our personality is deepened and enriched. The more we concentrate on ourselves and our own status, however, the more we grow poor, shallow, and dull…”
-Jutta Burggraf
Pondering in her heart
The mighty has done great things for me
August 8
“And Mary said: My soul doth magnify the Lord. And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior. Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid; for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. Because he that is mighty, hath done great things to me; and holy is his name.
-Luke 1:46-49
Overcoming false understandings
August 4
“Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil, who put darkness for light, and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”
-Isaiah 5:20
Crowned with glory
August 3
“O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth! For thy magnificence is elevated above the heavens…What is man that thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man that thou visitest him? Thou hast made him little less than the angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honor.”
-Psalm 8:2, 5-6
What it truly means to be woman
August 2
“The woman’s humanity is realized in the specific ways of a woman. She is a complete human being no less than the man, but according to her own nature. Her sex is not a mere accidental condition that could be abstracted. Her sex, on the contrary, is a reality that fundamentally defines her being and action and corresponds to the specific design of the Creator. Her physical and psychological qualities proclaim clearly what it truly means to be woman.”
-Jutta Burggraf
