Prayer & Scripture

Praying With Your Eyes: How to Get Started With Visio Divina
A picture’s worth a thousand words, they say. And recently, I’ve been using the practice of Visio Divina (“divine seeing” in La...

God Is Asking You to Give Him Everything
How do we give God everything? It's obvious from the stories throughout the Scriptures that God is asking us to give him everyt...

Feeling Nothing Spiritually? Here’s the First Step Back
Do you feel disconnected from God - like the fire you once had is gone, or maybe it was never there to begin with?
You're not...

Sacred Wonder: Rediscovering Scripture Through the Eyes of My Children
My 6-year-old daughter and I recently started reading chapter books together. The experience of a narrative slowly unfolding me...

What To Do When You Feel Like God’s Not Speaking to You
Do you struggle to get much out of prayer? Do you feel like God’s not speaking to you?Today, Fr. Mike Schmitz invites us to dee...

How to Spend an Hour in Adoration
Taking time to be with Jesus in the Eucharist is a recipe for finding the peace your soul needs.Adoration is one of the most be...

The Comfort of Silence: How Adoration Helps Us Pay Attention
For my first attempt at Eucharistic adoration, I was late.
I had signed up online for adoration at our church’s chapel. I chos...

Practices for an Extraordinary Ordinary Time
A Long Obedience: Discipleship in Ordinary Time
The Catholic Liturgical year certainly gets started with a bang. We begin with...

Pentecost: He comes, too, bearing gifts
In this month of the Rosary, take a moment to reflect on the Third Glorious Mystery.
Light immortal, Light divine,Visit Thou...