from making your usual long mental prayer,
make your prayer short and fervent.
Make up for the loss by
frequently lifting your heart to God;
often read from some good spiritual book,
but only a little at a time;
when you go for a walk,
often turn your thoughts to God.
Pray often and briefly;
offer your listlessness and weariness
to our crucified Lord.'
St. Francis de Sales
Painting: Samuel Luke Fildes; Jessica; in US public domain due to age
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Nancy, just wondering, do you keep a spiritual journal? I love your posts. I have been sharing them on Twitter. God bless.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Esther! I've kept spiritual journals for years and have many volumes of them. About 25 years ago I began typing most of them into computer just so I could go back and read them (my handwriting is dreadful). Actually, my little book The Cloistered Heart (linked on sidebar) is made up primarily of journal entries, as was a magazine article of the same name that preceded it. So yes - I am a journaler!
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Oh, I thought so, Nancy, because you post pretty much what I do, read, write and share. What a good idea to put them on the computer. Thanks for telling me about The Cloistered Heart. I will need to visit that very soon. God bless.
ReplyDeleteI find that when I am pregnant, I feel very close to God. Something about growing one of God's children and participating in that makes me feel like I am praying all the time. It's a very special time! Thanks for the beautiful post.
ReplyDeleteHow absolutely beautiful, Jaime. What you said makes me wish I could be pregnant again!!!! (I am past childbearing age). Your children are very blessed!
DeleteJust stumbled on this, but how beautiful! Hoping to be pregnant soon, and that will be a great reminder. God bless!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kate. I hope you will be expecting a little one very soon :)!
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