Tag: prayer

  • What makes God the best listener?

    What makes God the best listener?

    “That’s how God listens to us.” Fr. Robert Presuttie said this during the half-day retreat at Divine Mercy University.  The curious statement caught my attention.  The retreat was tucked away in a five-day spiritual direction residency devoted to practicing listening skills.  Each day the students would practice role-playing different scenarios that…

  • A new delight in icon gazing

    A new delight in icon gazing

    I’ve been practicing something called ‘icon gazing’.  In ancient times, it was called visio divina.  Similar to lectio divina, which could mean ‘spiritual reading’, visio divina is ‘spiritual gazing’.  The practice is basic.  Select an icon that might be speaking to the circumstances of your life.  Gaze at the image…

  • Lord, open the eyes of my heart

    Lord, open the eyes of my heart

    What’s a prayer you can say each morning that will change your outlook on life?

  • A new way to pray for others

    A new way to pray for others

    Fifty prayers in 25 minutes? Here’s how.

  • I give you a new command:  listen

    I give you a new command: listen

    How can good listening skills improve our ability to listen to God?

  • Take some time to be a  saunter-er

    Take some time to be a saunter-er

    Take a walk and visit the Holy Land of your soul.

  • Spiritual entropy:  What is it & how to reverse it.

    Spiritual entropy: What is it & how to reverse it.

    Entropy is the tendency of all things from order toward disorder. How do I keep this from occuring in my spiritual life?

  • The Discipline of Prayer

    The Discipline of Prayer

    God provided the perfect focal point for prayer: a peephole to the heavens!

  • Two people went to pray…

    Two people went to pray…

    Ego is the barrier between leaving justfied in prayer or not.

  • Persistence and Prayer

    Persistence and Prayer

    God does not weary of our persistence.