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The One Thing That Can Conquer God

The One Thing That Can Conquer God From the Office of Readings Thursday 3rd week of Lent The Spiritual Offering of Prayer “Since God asks for prayer offered in spirit and in truth, how can he deny anything to this kind of prayer? How great is the evidence of its power, as we read and…

by Janet Lawrence

Do Not Be Anxious

In September, I came across a growing number of Christian blogs, both Catholic and Protestant that were warning of very grave events about to happen in October.  Then came the horrific Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7.  Many fear that we are on the cusp of World War Three.  Our society seems to be…

by Janet Lawrence

The Public Prayer of the Church

Praying the Liturgy of the Hours Without knowing it, I have been praying portions of the Liturgy of the Hours since my late teens.  The official prayer of the Roman Catholic Church is known variously as Liturgy of the Hours, Divine Office, Opus Dei (Work of God).  Catholic priests, deacons and religious promise to pray…

by Janet Lawrence

All That He Does Comes from His Great Love for Us

In 2021, I followed Fr. Mike Schmitz (from Ascension Press) in his Bible in a Year (BIY) podcast which read through the Bible chronologically rather than straight through the Bible, book by book.  It gave me a fuller understanding of the history of the Old Testament.  I found Fr. Mike’s reading and commentary very helpful.  When…

by Janet Lawrence

Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will be Done

In all my years I have never felt so great a need for a Savior to save us from ourselves. The cultural rot is so widespread as to infect every corner of humanity.  Our global economy is based on debt that can never be repaid.  Current US debt is $29 trillion.  You can watch the…

by Janet Lawrence

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