Now those who pursue God in love, having abandoned everything else, and who persevere in prayer, are taught secretly things they had not known before. For truth itself comes to them according to their desire and it teaches them. "I am the truth." (Jn 14:6)

--from today's Magnificat meditation from Pseudo-Macarius (who died in the year 390)

God our Father, you conquer the darkness of ignorance by the light of your Word. Strengthen within our hearts the faith you have given us; let not temptation ever quench the fire that your love has kindled within us.

--closing prayer for Liturgy of the Hours this morning

"When a person comes to terms with his feelings, when he lives in God and walks by the light of faith, he has attained that stillness of the night which God is waiting for. It is then that the Word of God comes to birth in him in a way which is entirely of the spirit, entirely of God. Remain within your deepest self, in the interior kingdom of your spirit. Remember that your soul is a temple of the living God. 'The Kingdom of God is within you'"

--from Magnificat, Tuesday, Oct. 20 - quoting St. Paul of the Cross

Set Your Eyes On Christ

If you are suffering trials, or are sad, look upon Him on His way to the Garden. What sore distress He must have borne in His soul, to describe His own suffering as He did and to complain of it! Or look upon Him bound to the Column, full of pain, His flesh all torn to pieces by His great love for you. How much He suffered, persecuted by some, spat upon by others, denied by His friends, and even deserted by them, with none to take His part, frozen with the cold and left so completely alone that you may well comfort each other! Or look upon Him bending under the weight of the Cross and not even allowed to take breath: He will look upon you with His lovely and compassionate eyes, full of tears, and in comforting your grief will forget His own because you are bearing Him company in order to comfort Him and turning your head to look upon Him.

-- from "Way of Perfection," ch 26

Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary

Pope John Paul II, in his encyclical Rosarium Virginis Mariae writes, “The rosary marks the rhythm of human life, bringing it into harmony with the rhythm of God’s own life.” When we pray the rosary our life hooks up to the perfect life of Jesus and Mary and their perfection radiates healing into the wounded areas of our own lives.

At every step of the Rosary journey we encounter another human joy or sorrow. Through the rosary Jesus Christ takes us by the hand and leads us through every part of life, fulfilling his promises that he will never leave us and forsake us, and that we should cast all our burdens on Him, for He cares for us.


Fr Dwight Longenecker

New Release!

"Discerning the Will of God: An Ignatian Guide to Christian Decision Making,"
by Fr. Timothy Gallagher -- has been released.

Oh! ... I love him ...My God, I ... love...you!

St. Therese