Tagged: Scriptures
The splendor of the ocean
More powerful than the roar of many waters, more powerful than the breakers of the sea, powerful in the heavens is the LORD. (Psalm 93:4) My first glimpse of the ocean was at crowded Mission Beach in San Diego as a young bride. Once I saw the breathtaking splendor and power of God’s creation where...
10 ways to boost your spiritual immunity
Your body’s immune system needs protection from all that attacks and sickens your body. But what about your resistance to spiritual attacks? How do you combat the constant assaults on your spirituality that leave you emotionally drained, confused and self-centered? Here are ten that work for me: 1. Plug in. Strengthen your faith by increasing...
Book Review: The Universal Monk, The Way of the New Monastics by John Michael Talbot
The call to “the universal new monasticism . . . is an almost irresistible urging of the Spirit to a life beyond the status of quo of any religion. But it fulfills every religion,” writes John Michael Talbot. Jesus restores the authentic personality we have lost touch with. He restores us to “the deepest ‘us’...
Prayer for Pope Francis
V. Let us pray for our Sovereign Pontiff, Francis R. The Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth, and deliver him not to the will of his enemies. (Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, 25) O God, who in your providential design willed that your Church be built upon blessed Peter, whom...