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I’m groaning for an enactment of Mercy’s Power that demands the attention of every person… I shake with repetitive chanting pleas for myself, for my family, for the world… the pressure of a hypoxic merciless, sin consumed world keeps growing

Father Catcher of Tears, Jesus Lamb of God, and Beautiful Spirit of Consolation, give us pause to consider how we offend You. Grant us greater awareness of all the little ways we fail to uphold Your Love. Unite us with Your Sorrows and with the sorrows of our brothers and sisters. May we encounter Your pierced Heart in the people and situations of pain, sin, death, and despair that cross our paths. Show us how to minister to those most in need of Your Tender Encouragement. May we become Your Face of Hope and Joy to anyone struggling. Father teach us how to forgive like you forgive. Please help us to go deeper in the daily examination of our consciences. Jesus when we bring You our hurts and failings, may we experience Your Mercy in unforgettable ways that change us forever. Holy Spirit provide us with all the graces and prayers we need to harvest the fruits of Divine Love and Will. “Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of thy Mercy.”* AMEN

* Fatima Rosary Prayer

Picture & story contributed by Michael Doherty...

“Buddy the Wonder Dog: The Greatest Dog to Walk on Four Legs.” That’s his full moniker. We call him “Buddy” for short. Just the other day a stranger walking by looked at him and called, “Hey Buddy!” How did she know?

“Fighting a bit of a spiritual funk, and gasping for some spiritual spark and creative inspiration I was guided tonight to a journal entry I wrote back on 11/22/19…"

Father Caresser of Creation, Jesus Tender Sweetness of our Hopes, and Spirit Kiss of Peace, we long for our eternal Union with You. Open every sensitive door within in us where we are hiding from others and ourselves hurts, vulnerabilities, and sensitivities. You see and know everything. Extinguish our fears. Your words, “Be not afraid,” echo in our minds. Let them be engraved on our spirits. Turn our route knowledge of Your Perfect Encouragement into supple willingness to give all of ourselves to You with neither deceit nor shame. We seek Your open Arms with faith in Your Goodness. We are hungry for Your Embrace. Father run from Your Throne to welcome us home from our sinuous paths. Jesus let us rest our heads against Your Precious Sacred Heart and fill us with Your Gentle Spirit. Oh God, may we reflect back to You from the depths of our souls even an ounce of Your Tender Love. Thank You for being our All in All we vow to be Your Beloved forever. AMEN

Our Life in Christ is a continuous unveiling of our sacred imagination. We’re caught in a vortex shaped by the gravity of God’s Love. God cannot keep still – even His rest generates streams of Self-Emanating Love bouncing between His relational Self (the Father, Son, & Holy Spirit).

Have you ever been face to face with a Joy Warrior? What about an army of them so imbued with super graced doses of Joy capable of shaking the heavens? Meet the Matsiko World Orphan Choir.

Read & hear about some Halloween Joy at my house...

Father of Every Detail, Jesus our Mirror, and Holy Spirit Challenger of Resistance we humbly submit to You. Show us in every way and in every place that we are failing to accept the never ending exuberant Abundance of Your Grace. Loosen the tight lids of our hearts and spirits and pour us out like libations into Your Holy Basin. Swirl our thoughts, our memories, our dreams, and our hopes in Your Waters of Life. Renew us in heart, mind, body, and spirit to become more like open books to You. As we accept our transparency in the Light of Your Truth, please teach us how to encounter ourselves and others to grow in Your Love. Reveal to us our fears that hold us back from becoming wider conduits of Your Joy. Father help us to be supple in Your Hands. Jesus we want to accept Your Healing. Beautiful Spirit let us assist You in being Your Healing Love to others. We unite this prayer and every prayer in the hearts of our brothers and sisters seeking openness to You. AMEN 

Father beyond time and reason, Jesus the Word made Flesh, and Spirit that unifies all things, ready our souls to encounter You. We lay in waiting. Help us to wake from our slumber and focus our sleepy gaze on Your Goodness. Guide us in Your Ways that will bring us more of Your Abundant Graces. Help us to take inventory of what we need for our journey. We are Your flock seeped in darkness and lost in our ways. Teach us how to seek and store enough oil of Your Mercy. Trim the lanterns of our hearts and souls so that we may be prepared like the virgins waiting for their bridegroom’s return*. Father while we desire to tirelessly seek You, we humbly accept our limitations. Jesus, ready our hearts to make room for Your Life in us. And Spirit of God, herald the coming of our King’s Glory with Shofar blasts of Love. We give glory and praise, now and forever, to the God of our vindication and salvation. AMEN

*Parable of the Ten Virgins: Matthew 25: 1-13

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

(Matthew 6:21)



Father of Glory, Jesus, Shepherd of our Hearts, and Spirit of Purpose and Life, help us become more ardent seekers of Your Love. Grant us a peek into the Sublime depths of Your Goodness and Greatness. Please teach us how to discern where and how in each moment Your Riches are waiting for us to discover them. Let us be like miners striking the veins of gold in the caves of our hearts and spirits. We praise you and thank you for lifting us up from Your Treasure Chest of Creations as Your precious jewels. Lavish us with Your Spirit that Your Light of Glory might shine through every facet of our gifts and talents You have Graciously bestowed upon us. Father, there are no riches of this world that can compare to Your Humble Desire to be with us with forever. Jesus take possession of our hearts – You are our Life and Treasure. Beautiful Spirit fill us with the Sweetness of our everlasting Communion with the Holy Trinity. In joyful chorus with all the angels and saints we sing Hosanna to God in the Highest. AMEN