The Thirst of Jesus

Another wonderful meditation by the Missionaries of Charity Fathers.   This one is    “on the love that expresses   the face of Jesus as imprinted in the Shroud of Turin,” written by Fr. Joseph Langford, MC.
The Thirst of Jesus

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Every Time I Breathe

The song says it all.

I am sure all of heaven’s heard me cry
As I tell You all the reasons why
This life is just too hard
But day by day
Without fail
I’m finding everything I need
And everything that You are
To me
Chorus:
Every time I breathe You seem a little bit closer
I never want to leave
I want to stay in [...]

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You’re Here

The song “You’re Here” by Francesca Battistelli is very moving.   I like to open it in another window while meditating on this beautiful artwork by Morgan Weistling, “Kissing the Face of God.”   A musical e-Christmas card from me to you.
Merry Christmas, everyone.

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Rejoice Always

Today is Gaudete Sunday – Rejoice Sunday, and the second Mass reading really spoke to my heart this morning. The reading is 1 Thes 5:16-24.

Brothers and sisters: Rejoice always.
If you are walking in obedience to the Lord, you will rejoice always, as joy is one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit. If [...]

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I Thirst for You

I am currently reading Come Be My Light, a biography of Blessed Theresa of Calcutta including her letters, in which she writes often about how Jesus thirsts for souls.   Just this week, I learned about a meditation often distributed by the Missionaries of Charity Fathers, who are a community of priests founded by Mother Theresa.   [...]

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I’d Rather Stay Here

My grandmother had not attended a church for most of her life, so it came as a surprise to me when she told my mom she wanted to become Catholic at age 75 in 2003.
Memaw had a stroke in 2002, and instead of healing from that stroke, the damage continues daily. She was initially able [...]

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The Greatest of These is Love

If ye love not each other in daily communion how can ye love God whom ye have not seen?
(From the Shaker hymn, “More Love,” based on 1 John 4:20)
One test of our growth in the spiritual life is if we have love of neighbor, since love for neighbor grows along with our love of God. [...]

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How do I love Thee?

In prayer earlier this week, I was trying to come up with a way to tell God how much I love Him, and I quickly found that words were inadequate for expressing what I wanted to say. To my surprise, out of my mouth came a prayer that I am convinced I did [...]

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If You Love Me

What does it mean to really love God?  Does it mean we have to have warm, fuzzy feelings for Him, to say we love Him, to show up at Church?  Jesus gives us the answer:
If you love me, you will keep my commandments.  John 14:15
How well we keep God’s commands is a measure of how [...]

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On Unrequited Love

When I was 23, I developed an infatuation for, and then fell hard for, someone with whom our relationship never got out of the “friend zone.” He and I were in the choir together, singing two Masses together every Sunday; the first one with the choir and the second as a duet.
For the most [...]

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