As we come to the end of our Living Prayerfully Series, I’ve been looking back on some of our posts and marveling at how far we’ve come. So, a quick recap: It is critical to carve out time for prayer each day…it transforms our dispositions and affects every other aspect of our lives. It’s equally important to quiet ourselves … Continue reading
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Living Prayerfully: When you don’t feel like it
5 weeks ago, we started our Living Prayerfully Series. I had wild plans to dedicate myself to hours of prayer time with the Lord in the mornings and well, it just hasn’t happened. I also had plans to finish my last post of the series on a high note; plans to share all the crazy … Continue reading
Living Prayerfully: Wise words from a doctor..
The readings at mass yesterday really touched me. Like the rich man who was challenged to give up everything and follow Christ, we are constantly called to make sacrifices, big and small. These sacrifices are prayers in themselves when offered up with a cheerful heart. Today is the feast day of Saint Teresa of Avila, … Continue reading
Living Prayerfully: On the Year of Faith and One Girl Who Started it All
Hello new and familiar peanut butter lovers, I didn’t expect this post to be quite so long, but fingers crossed you’ll stick it out with me! I think it’s only fitting that we start week 4 of our Living Prayerfully Series today…the eve of the Year of Faith. Have I completely lost you? You can … Continue reading
Living Prayerfully: On Silence
The cool Nova Scotia weather and rainy days have gotten to me..I’m locked inside this weekend trying to fight off a cold. Thank goodness for hot tea and vitamin C! My roommates took off for Halifax so there is an odd silence lingering in my apartment. So often we’re uncomfortable with silence (I know I … Continue reading
Living Prayerfully: On contemplation and falling madly in love!
Hi peanut butter lovers, I’m just going to launch right into it… “Why should it be difficult to fall in love with God?” …Why do we have to inquire about how to pray? Perhaps we are really asking how to love, because, after all, prayer is simply an expression of our love… In Zen Buddhism, … Continue reading
Living Prayerfully: On early mornings and Mother T
I was really touched by Eun’s post on Monday about how Mother Teresa would get up so early in the morning to pray and set the tone for her whole day. It spoke to me because since joining the StFX Rowing Team this fall, I’ve been getting up at all hours of the early morning … Continue reading
Living Prayerfully: Here goes…
Hi new and familiar readers, We’re settling into our semesters and it’s time to settle into new habits and break old ones. Becs and I have talked about starting a series for quite some time now. We exchanged cross-country emails, texts, and prayers asking Jesus to guide us in this coming semester of blogging. We’ve … Continue reading
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