Quotes & Reflections
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The line ‘I saw Judas Iscariot carrying John Wilkes Booth’ sends a shiver down my spine. Same.
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St. John Henry Newman: Never does God give faith, but He tries it. Never does He implant the wish to sit on His right hand and on His left, but He fulfills it by making us wash our brethren’s feet.
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This reflection from Ed Condon is a nice complement to the Lenten reflection from J.D. Flynn that I linked to recently: …My instinct is to panic. To complain. To work longer hours. To commit myself to my own strength and efforts to save me… This coming week, this last week of Lent, is a final…
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I just realized that I’ve referenced two books by Father Donald H. Calloway, MIC, in my first five posts. And in both cases I was pulling quotes from St. Peter Julian Eymard. I benefitted a lot by going through Fr. Calloway’s Consecration to St. Joseph. In that book, a lot of the quotes from St.…
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Even though we’re well past March 19 I wanted to share this Consecration prayer to St. Joseph from St. Peter Julian Eymard: I consecrate myself to you, good St. Joseph, as my spiritual father. I choose you to rule my soul and to teach me the interior life, the life hidden away with Jesus, Mary,…
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A reflection from J.D. Flynn during Lent in 2022: …I found myself wondering why the Lord doesn’t have people for this kind of thing. People who are qualified and expert, and standing at the ready. I was reminded, of course, that the Lord does have people, and that we, for better or worse, are them.…
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…I’ll share these words from St. Peter Julian Eymard that have stayed with me since I first read them: Eucharistic adorers share Mary’s life and mission of prayer at the foot of the Most Blessed Sacrament. It is the most beautiful of all missions, and it holds no perils. It is the most holy, for…
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