Christmas Novena & Consecration to the Holy Family
On November 28, 2020 by steadfastheartofgodHail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold. In that hour, vouchsafe, O my God! to hear my prayer and grant my desires, through the merits of Our Savior Jesus Christ, and of His
Between the Lines
On November 24, 2020 by steadfastheartofgod“On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me,and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.’” John 7:37-38 Sometimes the Lord
Peace The World Cannot Give
On November 19, 2020 by steadfastheartofgod“Would that even today you knew the things that make for peace! But now they are hid from your eyes.” Luke 19:42 We hear Jesus say these words in the Gospel reading today and they really ring true in our world at this time. We all think that we know what peace should look like.
Progressing out of our Comfort
On November 13, 2020 by steadfastheartofgodI recently heard a talk on the liturgy and there was one thing in particular that the woman said during this talk that I think I will always remember. In relation to the prayers that we pray during the liturgy, which have been the prayers of the Church since the earliest Church recordings of the
Divine Visitation
On November 7, 2020 by steadfastheartofgod“Therefore there will be a visitation also upon the heathen idols, because, through part of what God created, they became an abomination, and became traps for the souls of men and a snare to the feet of the foolish.” Wisdom 14:11 I have always loved the visitation story of Mary and Elizabeth. The part that
We Are Made For Relationship
On November 4, 2020 by steadfastheartofgod“We know that we have passed from death to life because we love one another. Whoever does not love abides in death.” 1 John 3:14 There is so much division in the world today. It was actually all there before, but through this pandemic it has been brought to the forefront and heightened. As the