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Category: Exercises

Posted on March 8, 2022August 9, 2021

We must make a habit of spending time with God in order to find there our strength, consolation, counsel, and direction.

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With Basile Moreau, let us pray: “Lord, give me a heart more worthy of you; rather, make mine gentle, humble, zealous, and loving like yours.” How does this prayer impact you?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Exercises.

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Posted on March 1, 2022

Go before the altar, contemplate Jesus Christ in the blessed sacrament where he is hidden; remain there in silence; say nothing, look at him, wait for him to speak to you.

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Reflect upon a specific blessing in your life from God.

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Exercises.

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Posted on February 20, 2022

Regulate your conduct in a manner worthy of your vocation; in a word, become as Saint Paul says, ‘a new person in Jesus Christ.’

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Imagine the person of Jesus in your place today. Reflect on how you as Jesus, would approach the very actions, work, and tasks that you need to engage in today.

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Exercises.

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Posted on January 25, 2022

God, give me a heart more worthy of you; rather, make mine gentle, humble, zealous and loving like your own.

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How might your life’s actions today act as a prayer to God?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Exercises.

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Posted on January 16, 2022

Cultivate an habitual union of heart with God; become accustomed to a great union of heart with God.

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Reflect upon a specific blessing in your life from God.

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Exercises.

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Posted on January 11, 2022

Prayer consists less of words than of desires of the heart that need no long formulas nor abundance of words.

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How might your life’s actions today act as a prayer to God?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Exercises.

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Posted on January 8, 2022

We are committed by our vocation to extend the reign of Christ in people’s hearts.

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What would Jesus do here?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Posted on January 6, 2022

Let us look to see if we have the same openness to the inspirations of grace which is really our guiding star, the lamp that enlightens us with a truly divine light.

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Where in your life has God asked you to grow?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Exercises.

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Posted on December 21, 2021

May Jesus Christ govern you in everything; may he guide you in everything and be the source of all you undertake and accomplish.

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How might you model the life and person of Christ for others today?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Exercises.

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Posted on December 20, 2021

May our hearts catch on fire as we walk along with Jesus just as it happened to his disciples.

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Reflecting upon today’s reading, think of a moment when you felt God’s presence through an individual, in a place, or through an event. How did God touch you?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Exercises.

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Blessed Father Moreau was a French priest in the nineteenth century who founded the Congregation of Holy Cross, an order dedicated to educating hearts and minds.

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