What part does prayer play in your daily program? Is it something to be said, a kind of job-to-be-got-through — an activity fitted into a neat slot among other forms of BUSYNESS? Mother Patricia O’Connor, CDS Founding Superior, Friend and Guide
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Keep your perspective; we need humbly to esteem the daily routine. It can bring us the richness of eternity. We are seekers of the Kingdom, and as we continue our search, the Holy Spirit casts the fire of His love into our hearts as the fear of our doubts is cast out. Mother Patricia O’Connor, […]
There must be unity between my spiritual ideals and my concrete moment-to-moment actions. The small things of each day must be the vessels that carry my ideals. Mother Patricia O’Connor, CDS Founding Superior, Friend and Guide
The truly heroic is hidden in simple daily tasks. We are often too “busy” — jobs are predictable — so unlike people. So we hide behind our jobs; safe hiding. It is harder to be available than to polish a floor. Mother Patricia O’Connor, CDS Founding Superior, Friend and Guide
Are you doing all the right things with an empty heart? Jesus denounced the Pharisee. Do you come with a self-righteous attitude regarding others, protecting yourself? The Publican came before Jesus humbly begging for mercy. Jesus teaches us . . . it is not what we do that counts but the attitude of heart coming […]
There is wisdom that seems to get at the root of what Jesus is saying to us. It seems to be human nature to judge others, to assume the worst about another’s behavior. we all do it, and even though we think we have the right to do it, in the end it just makes […]
You cannot carry on a love affair with God bemoaning lost illusions, dwelling on the past, on the imprudences, the mistakes, selfishness, vanities. We ought really to keep a journal if only to say or to write daily “Ego Amo Te, Lord, I love You. Mother Patricia O’Connor, CDS Founding Superior, Friend and Guide
God’s power is in our hands when we pray the Rosary. Queen of the most holy Rosary, pray for us.
We must be aware of the peril of stagnation; grace-full aging is part of the journey. So we stand at the crossroads and look at the crises and joys of each season. We become, through Grace, what God has intended for us. The God who calls us from afar is also the Saviour who walks […]
Prayer, you know, is to sustain us . . . to fuel us for the journey. Prayer is the movement of myself, the whole of me, towards the welcoming arms of God. Have we been faithful to it? Mother Patricia O’Connor, CDS Founding Superior, Friend, and Guide