Month: October 2018

“O God, thou art my God, I seek thee, my soul thirsts for thee.”
– Psalm 63:1

Live the Faith! Tip of the Week:
Look up! Take some time to be still and view the stars, a sunset, a vast field, the ocean, or any scene that gives you a glimpse into the beauty and grandeur of God.

Prayer:
“O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is thy name in all the earth!…
When I look at thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,
the moon and the stars which thou hast established;
what is man that thou art mindful of him,
and the son of man that thou dost care for him?…
O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is thy name in all the earth!”
–    Psalm 8:1,3-4,9

“I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see how the fields are already
white for harvest.”
– John 4:35

Live the Faith! Tip of the Week:
Take some time this week to “set your minds on the things above” (step 4 of the 7 Steps to Superabundance) with a spiritual reading or talk this week. Placing a spiritual lens on our current realities, including our marriage, can be transformative – not only for us, but for those in our community.

Prayer:
“Dear Jesus…
Let us…praise You in the way You love best, by shining on those around us. Let us preach You without preaching, not by words but by example,
by the catching force, the sympathetic influence of what we do,
the evident fullness of the love our hearts bear for You. Amen.”
–     Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman

“Let each of you look not only to his own interests,
but also to the interests of others.”
– Philippians 2:4

Live the Faith! Tip of the Week:
Wherever you are in your spiritual life, Jesus Christ wants to meet you right there and take you further. Just as Christ meets us where we are spiritually, we can meet those we are called to serve where they are by listening to their needs. What are they looking for? What barriers – practical or mental – keep them away from the community? Seek the answers to these questions this week.

Prayer:
“Dear Jesus… Stay with me and then I shall begin to shine as You shine,
So to shine as to be a light to others;
The light, O Jesus will be all from You; none of it will be mine;
It will be you, shining on others through me.”
–     Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman

“We too believe, and so we speak, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.”
– 2 Corinthians 4:13-15

Live the Faith! Tip of the Week:
We are called to be not only vessels of God’s love but conduits of that love to others. Who is God urging you to accompany in your parish or faith community? Consider how God could use your faith journey to impact the faith journeys of others, and then make the invitation!

Prayer:
“Dear Jesus… Shine through me, and be so in me
That every soul I come in contact with
May feel Your presence in my soul.”
–     Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman

“For where two or three are gathered in my name,
there am I in the midst of them.”
– Matthew 18:20

Live the Faith! Tip of the Week:
What is one simple action you can take this month to foster holy community at your local parish? It may mean attending a parish event and introducing yourself to new faces, intentionally going deeper with friends at the parish, or hosting a faith discussion in your home.

Prayer:
“Dear Jesus, help me to spread Your fragrance wherever I go… Let me thus praise You the way You love best, by shining on those around me. Let me preach You without preaching, not by words but by my example, by the catching force of the sympathetic influence of what I do, the evident fullness of the love my heart bears to You. Amen.”
–     Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman