Spiritual Director

Live in Peace

The angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called Son of God.  Then Mary said, “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her. 

Live in Joy

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my whole being shall exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. 

But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day.  The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance.

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than you thoughts. 

And the King will answer them, “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these, who are members of my family, you did it unto me.”

And the King will answer them, “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these, who are members of my family, you did it unto me”

Be pleased, O God, to deliver me; O LORD, make haste to help me.

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”

He said to him, “’You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’  This is the greatest and first commandment.  And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’  On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”

Then he said to them, “Whose head is this, and whose title?”  They answered, “The emperor’s.” Then he said to them, “Give therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”