I beg of you, my Lord, to remove anything which separates me from you, and you from me. Remove anything that makes me unworthy of your sight, your control, your reprehension; of your speech and conversation, of your benevolence and love. Cast from me every evil that stands in the way of my seeing you, [...]
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You Have Called Me by Name Oh, Lord my God, You called me from the sleep of nothingness merely because in your tremendous love you want to make good and beautiful beings. You have called me by my name in my mother’s womb. You have given me breath and light and movement and walked with [...]
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An Examination of My Use of Time Killing Time How do I kill time? Let me count the ways. By worrying about things over which I have no control. Like the past. Like the future. By harboring resentment and anger over hurts real or imagined. By disdaining the ordinary or, rather, what I so mindlessly [...]
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Let me have too deep a sense of humor ever to be proud. Let me know my absurdity before I act absurdly. Let me realize that when I am humble I am most human, most truthful, and most worthy of your serious consideration. —Daniel A. Lord, SJ From Hearts on Fire: Praying with Jesuits
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Nearly 50 people entered the contest for free copies of the Jesuit prayer book Hearts on Fire: Praying with Jesuits. This morning five winners were chosen using the random number generator at random.org. The winners are David Romero, Denise, eamonn, Carla, and Kathleen Burkhalter, who says she would buy the book if she didn’t win [...]
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Friday is the feast of St. Ignatius Loyola. It’s the great celebration of the Ignatian year. In honor of the feast, Loyola Press is giving readers of the dotMagis blog a chance to win a free copy of Hearts on Fire: Praying with Jesuits, a wonderful compilation of prayers in the Ignatian tradition. To enter, [...]
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