Devotional Prayer Archives

The feast of St. Hildegard, Come Holy Spirit….

800+ years later,
it still holds up….
now that’s the work of
the Holy Spirit!

Pray for the Holy Father’s Intentions for August 2011 – Discerning Hearts

August 2011

General Intention: That the World Youth Day taking place in Madrid may encourage all the young people of the world to root and found their lives in Christ.

Missionary Intention: That Christians of the West, docile to the action of the Holy Spirit, may re-encounter the freshness and enthusiasm of their faith.

Pray for the Holy Father’s Intentions for July 2011 – Discerning Hearts

JULY 2011

General Intention: That Christians may contribute to alleviating the material and spiritual suffering of AIDS patients, especially in the poorest countries.

Missionary Intention: For the religious who work in mission territories, that they may be witnesses of the joy of the Gospel and living signs of the love of Christ.

Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus – Discerning Hearts

Tantum Ergo – Discerning Hearts

Regina Coeli – Queen of Heaven – Discerning Hearts

Regina Coeli – Queen of Heaven

Pray for the Holy Father’s Intentions for June – Discerning Hearts

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JUNE 2011

General Intention: That priests, united to the Heart of Christ, may always be true witnesses of the caring and merciful love of God.

Missionary Intention: That the Holy Spirit may bring forth from our communities numerous missionary vocations, willing to fully consecrate themselves to spreading the Kingdom of God.

WOM#2 – Deacon James Keating – Way of Mystery episode 2 from Resting On the Heart of Christ

Episode 2 -The Way of Mystery: The Eucharist and Moral Living– Placing the Eucharist as the center of who we are as Catholics part 2

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Deacon James Keating, PhD, the director of Theological Formation for the Institute for Priestly Formation, located at Creighton University, in Omaha, is making available to ”Discerning Hearts” and all who listen, his series of programs entitled “The Way of Mystery”.

The Vatican II documents remind us that the spiritual journey is not made in a vacuum, that God has chosen to save us, not individually, but as The People of God. The Eucharist must help Christians to make their choices by discerning out of Christ’s paschal mystery. For this process to take place, however, Christians must first understand how the Eucharist puts them in touch with Christ’s passion, death, and resurrection, and what concrete implications being in touch with this mystery has for their daily lives.