A Prayer for the Day

Dear Jesus, help us to spread Your fragrance everywhere we go.
Flood our souls with Your spirit and life.
Penetrate and possess our whole being, so utterly,
That our lives may only be a radiance of Yours.
Shine through us, and be so in us,
That every soul we come in contact with may feel Your presence in our soul.
Let [...]

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Mother Teresa’s Business Cards

An Indian admirer of Mother Teresa, a businessman, once had five lines printed for her on small yellow cards. These she called her “business cards” and she offered them freely to people because they clearly explained the direction of her work, her simple path. This path is one that she has distilled from [...]

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Lovely Benediction

This past Sunday , the first in Lent, we used Jesus’ parable of a wedding banquet as a text to frame our gathering. I came across this beautiful benediction which we used as a sending.
The Table Benediction   
by Darrell Johnson
Go now in the joy of knowing that you have been included.
Included at this table.
Included as [...]

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To Quench Our Thirst

“If we wish to quench our thirst, we must lay aside books which explain thirst and take a drink.”
By Jean Pierre de Caussade
Source: Abandonment to Divine Providence
Link: Inward Outward

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