I LOVE YOU, TOO
Lord, help my actions clear the way for Your grace. Open my eyes to see You in every event and person this Advent season.
BECOMING MORE IMMACULATELY ME
What I can do to imitate Mary’s example is to be as open as possible to saying “yes” to the invitations God offers me.
RETURNING TO OUR ROOTS
This could be a time to reconnect to the Middle East and our brothers and sisters in faith, remembering that we are all awaiting salvation.
REMNANTS OF HOPE
When I look around, I see the remnants of destruction, but I also see the remains of hope.
ENOUGH
I realize at the heart of the matter that my disquietude about scarcity stems from my neediness.
IT'S COMPLICATED
Simplicity didn’t feel exciting, and I realized excitement had become my default metric for happiness.
UNDER OUR OWN ROOF
“If you want to bring happiness to the whole world, go home and love your family.” – St. Teresa of Calcutta
TRUSTING GOD'S PROMISE
Mary's gentle, encouraging, and understanding gaze steadies me. She invites me to trust in God’s promise.
READY MY HEART
The One whom I seek is waiting for me, but He can’t come to me, and I am unable
to fully receive Him until the day my heart desires nothing else but Him.
MARY'S SONG
I experienced a great desire to let go of my fears and let myself surrender to God.
LOOKING AT LOVE
I resisted because of the cross; because it means that I must learn to love this way.
MY SURRENDER
Mary surrenders, perhaps not understanding completely what the “plan” is, but with faith that God will be with her.
LISTENING TO THE ANGELS IN OUR LIVES
Can I open my ears to hear the songs from the angels in my life?
OPENING THE HEART TO SURPRISE
God amazingly breaks through our limited views and understanding, and creates a new, more expansive reality.
FEAR NOT
When we walk in genuine love, we create more "monasteries" in this world. We create living sacred spaces in our relationships.
LEARNING TO REST
I don’t know how, but learning to couple my eyes and heart with Jesus’ gives rest.
WAITING FOR GOD
Our Lady of Guadalupe is an image of the kind of joyful anticipation we do in Advent. The child we await is like the kingdom of God – already, and not yet.