Hope does not disappoint…

We boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to …

“A New Assignment,” Part III: Little Victims of Divine Love

As I kept Jesus company at Holy Thursday adoration, I felt an expansion of the call of Part II to become Pure, Divine Love. As I meditated on this expansion, it seemed to tie together what God has been unfolding over the past four years. Almost as soon as I began my adoration on Holy …

Pure Love…

A couple of years ago I learned that a composer of popular Catholic hymns, many of which are in our hymnals, a married man, was found to have used his fame to seduce women. I was shocked and so disappointed, going so far as to cross out his songs in my choir book. I did …

Franciscan Newborns Handbook; Translation of the Volumes; Let nothing disturb you…

The Franciscan Newborns Handbook I have good news for those of you who have expressed an interest in learning how to live Divine Will and breathe Franciscan through the group I formed last fall, the Franciscan Newborns of the Divine Will of Nazareth. The news is that the Franciscan Newborns Handbook is available in print! …

“Don Dolindo’s Spiritual Guidance”…

I have recently posted some links to the blog of Elie Dib, where he highlights and reflects on the biblical commentary of Don Dolindo Ruotolo, which he has been translating from Italian to English. Here is the announcement Elie Dib just posted to his blog: I'm delighted to announce the release of my new book …

Feast of the Presentation…

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple (also known as Candlemas), commemorating the day that Mary and Joseph gave their Fiat on behalf of Jesus, to all that the Father had planned not just for Him but for them as well, as they heard in Simeon's and Anna's …

Ezekiel 2: “11”, a Word of Hope…

A Word On the Feast of the Immaculate Conception during my Holy Hour, I felt the Lord had a message for me so I wrote in my prayer journal what I felt in my heart. I share it with the permission of my spiritual director. As I took up my pen to write, I felt …

General Confusion…

[Jesus tells Luisa:] “Now we are around the third two thousand years, and there will be a third renewal. This is the reason for the general confusion: it is nothing other than the preparation of the third renewal.” (L. Piccarreta, Book of Heaven, Volume 12, January 29, 1919) In case you haven't seen the official release of the …

Mountains laid low…

(Friends, I first wrote this in 2006 and have re-posted it a few times now. I find it helps me in preparing for Christmas to meditate on this at Advent.) (John the Baptist) went throughout (the) whole region of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written …

Feet for the Journey

Dear friends I first posted this on my blog in Advent 2019. May it give us food for pondering and prayer as we wait in joyful hope for the coming of our Infant King, Jesus Christ. I suppose this meditation could be considered the Rounds of the Holy Feet of Jesus. Fiat! Joseph also went …