We, on a merry-go-round, feel that we are doing something, getting somewhere, because we are moving in a dizzy whirl of activity. Yes, activity is important, but as the result of reflection in prayer. The understanding and wisdom that grows out of reflection and prayer overflows into action. Prayer that does not produce virtuous action […]
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“Pray as you can, and not as you can’t,” is a sound maxim. Neither exalted feelings nor long hours spent on our knees are necessary for a genuine life of prayer. What we do need is the full integration of prayer into our life, into the rhythm of work and of recreation so that we […]
Prayer means being open with God. Try to be consistent in your prayer life and ultimately He will respond. We will gradually understand one day that suddenly we are in contact with God. This need not be a felt presence of God, though it could take this form. It will most often be a new […]
How can we love prayer if we do not really know what it is? The one great object of prayer is to unite us to God, for the first condition of prayer, to be fruitful, is to be completely sincere. This is not easy for so many because they are so couched and they go […]
Try this. Bring God into all of your activities, not just at Grace Before Meals and participation in the Liturgy. I have often thought there should be a Grace before all actions in a Christian’s life. Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S. Founding Superior, Friend, and Guide
The main requisite for spiritual life is a profound equilibrium of life. The prayer of the apostle is primarily Presence of God. Without this one cannot speak of a spiritual life. This type prayer should permeate one’s whole life. Above all, remember that contemplation and the action of the apostle is a gift of God, […]
Faithfulness is a growth process and perseverance is its end product. Perseverance is safeguarded by the day-to-day effort to be faithful to one’s love, to walk uprightly in the Lord and hold fast . . . . . . . . . there is no other way. Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S. Founding Superior, Friend, and […]
Life is changing at a frightening rate — but there is something stationary about persons. For this reason our times could be a moment of Grace, because they are a challenge and an opportunity to live as mature persons and not to be shifting about according to the prevailing winds of the moment. Act from […]
Make your year “of God,” so that it will last. Work with courage and patience and co-responsibility. Don’t soil the work of the Holy Spirit. Mother Patricia O’Connor, C.D.S. Founding Superior, Friend, and Guide
CHERISH the year given to us by God to do His Will. Don’t soil the work of the Holy Spirit in your own soul nor in the soul of others. If your plan for the year is of men, it will be overthrown; but if it is of God, it will last. Mother Patricia O’Connor, […]