Sanctify
When I sanctify myself
I am cleansing my soul,
making me holy before God.
Setting myself apart, I
prepare myself for service
to God and to others.
God invites me
to the redemption
of my inner self,
purifying my sins,
and bringing me
to His holy place,
making me holy
before Him, before Jesus.
Jesus makes me free of guilt,
By guarding my words,
sanctifying the lines,
I write.
With God’s help,
I am vindicated
from the evils of the world –
and reverent in His presence.
God asks
me to live my life,
and write what I see
in my book of life.
He placed his hand on me
to serve the weak
and feast last myself.
I do not fear;
He is with me.
Thomas answered:
“My Lord and my God.”
We have not seen,
but we believe.
In this we rejoice;
He is our strength.
We will not be upset;
we are blessed,
because we believe.
God chooses us;
we are his issue.
We lack without Him.
Receive His spirit.
He is always before us.
We walk on His path of life.
His peace is with us
for eternity.
A Prayer of Refuge
Loving God
You are my refuge
My council is in your words
I hear your voice
In the darkness of night
Your light is my way
In your presence
I have the fullness of joy
In your arms
There is eternal pleasure
I follow your entreaty
All is radiant in your world
By your grace
I will be what I will be
Your grace for me
Has not been fruitless
You have become for me
What I am
Can I be a beloved son
Jacob’s Ladder
We know God,
even though we have not seen Him;
with faith
we know He dwells in our hearts.
Our faith fills us with
His presence;
if we doubt,
He still loves and heals us.
Let our doubts form our missions;
our missions let us know
how God loves us.
He loves us from above;
our faith comes from below.
This today is Jacob’s ladder . . .
for us to see God.
Faith
Is there hope in darkness?
Without light, we are lost;
we look for strength
to inspire our lives.
We need assurance
of things hoped for;
Fear not;
just believe
and walk in faith,
not in what is seen;
We are justified by faith,
not by their rules.
Be as a Child
We rest in God’s love the way a newborn rest on its mother’s breast, realizing warmth, comfort, and security.
We grow in our love for God as we experience our mortal lives. We do not know what to do with our pain and suffering; we are unable to understand why evil should visit our doorsteps. God doesn’t bring this pain, suffering, and evil; God comforts us and is with us, supporting us, strengthening us to survive.
Even though we cannot see God, we love God; we rejoice in the glory of God’s goodness. This is something we cannot think about; God does not live by the intellect; God lives by the heart, the core of our lives. We enjoy peace from our troubles only when we feel the glory of God’s love. Our lives test us; God tempers us with patience, kindness, and gentleness. These are the elements of our existence.
We entrust our lives in God; for it is She who gives us everything we have. When I look at my grown children with families of their own, I remember the perfect gifts they are from the time we first received them to our present days. Our children are given to us, because God trusts us. Let Her see us in the glory that She created us. We may be shaken by life, but we are secure in our God dwelling within us. She asks for love; then gives us shelter and security.
What Spirit?
Invisible;
a refuge to believe in.
Life,
always a part of me.
Protected,
chosen because of who I am.
Love,
His feeling of closeness.
The paths of life are His refuge.
May I live my life in that refuge.
May I not be separated
from this path.
Reflection for Today’s World on Proverbs 3:
Keep God’s commandments:
love God; love others; love yourself;
these are the ones that count.
Trust in God with all your being;
discover Wisdom and understanding;
they are life-long companions.
Understand, She is trusting,
more precious that gold.
She is honor;
Her ways are of peace;
She is the tree of life.
God’s Wisdom founded Earth;
walk safely in Her light,
do not stumble.
She is your confidence;
She is your glory.
Mary at the tomb
trembles with fear.
“My lord is gone;
What have they done?”
Peter comes;
lacking faith,
returns home.
Mary weeps
before the angels
fears the presence behind.
“Why weep?”
“Rabbouni!”
Mary sees . . .
We visit the tomb;
find emptiness.
We fail to see
the presence,
who lives within.
We are comforted
by this presence,
by this love.
We live in this embrace
heartened by the warmth
of this blessed embrace.
Meditating to Heal 