Category Archives: Magnificat

Here is what I want you to do…to love God’s goodness within yourself, and his immeasurable charity, which you will find in the cell of self-knowledge. In this cell you will find God. For just as God holds within himself … Continue reading →

All who seek to know and serve God, See the past and understand: None who hoped were disappointed; Rich the blessings from God’s hand!None who waited were forsaken; None who trusted were deceived. All who asked his gracious pardon, Gentle … Continue reading →

Facing various possibilities, it is good for us to choose among them. Yet perhaps the highest and most rewarding exercise of freedom is assenting to things we haven’t chosen, welcoming in trust realities that transcend us. Our real prison is … Continue reading →

Total trust in God is the only true foundation for you—we can’t afford to live at peace while we inwardly believe all depends on us, and that we hold God’s love on the fragile basis of our virtue. But when … Continue reading →

In the Spirit, He is with Us A song from the musical Chess contains the lyrics, “No one in your life is with you constantly, no one is completely on your side.” Anyone who has missed a family member or … Continue reading →

Without a yearning for truth cultivated and deeply embedded in our character, we can easily be swept up in current intellectual fashions. Novelty and innovation exercise a powerful appeal. The rupture with old ways and old thinking, the replacement of … Continue reading →