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Take Courage: Even in Uncertainty, the Path Appears

Thomas Merton suggests that being at peace with life’s confusion and contradictions is possible if we know and trust God’s presence.

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Be Still and Accept the Grace of God’s Help

In the “night prayer” psalm, we surrender all the days anxiety to “dwell in safety.”

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Good Friday Mediation: Admitting Fault is Restorative

We atone, but always with hope in the Resurrection. How do you approach God: with confidence in his mercy or temerity?

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Have No Desire to be Perfect

Lent reminds us that perfection is never the goal, even for those called to avowed life.

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Pray: Tears are a Gift

Tears can be holy water if we are brave enough to share our grief and joy and ecstasy and despair with others.

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Pray: Resist obstacles to love with new habits

Those on the path toward greater spiritual freedom and love find strength in a very undramatic and almost unnoticeable ways when they avoid letting egos and self-preoccupations to take over.

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Edit negative feelings by offering them to the Holy Spirit

Rewrite a moment, past or present, that leads to discouragement, finding new habits of courage, strength, and tranquility.

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Write: Finding Power in Defeat

In response to this meditation, with an eye toward a new start in the new year, distill your experience with defeat with a statement of power through hope.

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Finding Hope in Encounter with Christ

Thomas Merton reminds us that “True encounter with Christ liberates something in us, a power we did not know we had, a hope.”

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