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I think we eternally matter to God insofar as God longs to be united with all that God creates. That is the nature of God: a God of union and communion. – Br. Curtis Almquist Society of Saint John the Evangelist To Read More, Click Here Video not displaying? Click here to view: http://youtu.be/ii-ywKOITRQ Question for Reflection: Can you invite judgment from God in prayer today? Comments: We welcome your comments on this video series. Click here to share thoughts.…

When we know that God knows everything about us and loves us, then we can face those areas of our lives of which we are ashamed – our sins, our weaknesses and failures, our tendency to hurt others and to turn away from God. We can face these things honestly because we know that God knows. And in spite of knowing all these things, God’s love for us persists. – Br. David Vryhof Society of Saint John the Evangelist To…

My failure to love my enemy can give me insight into my enemy’s failure to love me. Acknowledging my own failure, I can begin to have compassion on the failure of others. We can, in a sense, recognize something of ourselves in the “enemy.” – Br. Mark Brown Society of Saint John the Evangelist To Read More, Click Here Video not displaying? Click here to view: http://youtu.be/D3QF77tWohU Question for Reflection: How might the enemies in your life belong there, for…

We might be praying quite specifically for someone or something, but we figure into the answer of this prayer which began in God’s own heart. God has given us an awareness of some need, and that need is being addressed through our own awareness and our own availability. – Br. Curtis Almquist Society of Saint John the Evangelist To Read More, Click Here Video not displaying? Click here to view: http://youtu.be/f2fLuwmallk Question for Reflection: How does petition help sharpen your…

Intercession is about love, and leaning to love. Intercession is about love that is both expressed and learnt. We express our love for another when we pray for them, and we learn to love them even more, even our enemies. – Br. James Koester Society of Saint John the Evangelist To Read More, Click Here Video not displaying? Click here to view: http://youtu.be/A-f0iu71Vy0 Question for Reflection: What of your “distractions” are invitations for your prayer? Comments: We welcome your comments…

In our life of prayer, in our regular participation in the Eucharist and the sacramental life, we allow the dynamic community of love which is God the Holy Trinity, the dance of love between the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, to graciously spill over, forgive us, wash over us, and draw us in so that we can participate in that life. – Br. Geoffrey Tristram Society of Saint John the Evangelist To Read More, Click Here Video not displaying? Click…

We should be aware that we are indeed taking part in the worship of the Holy Trinity: It is God the Father who created us and all things, God the Son who redeemed us by his Death, Resurrection, and Ascension, and the Holy Spirit who sanctifies us, now and always, as we keep our hearts open in love. – Br. David Allen Society of Saint John the Evangelist To Read More, Click Here Video not displaying? Click here to view:…

For you to receive as gift Christ’s offer of peace might have to do with some movement of your body, some way that you walk, some way that you gesture or use your hands; something you do with you body. Maybe a bowing, a pacing, a posturing. Perhaps there is some practice to attend to when you are alone. – Br. Curtis Almquist Society of Saint John the Evangelist To Read More, Click Here Video not displaying? Click here to…

Life has a way of shattering our safe and comfortable images of God. Over and over again we are driven to search for a deeper understanding, for a renewed and deeper relationship. We will never know God fully in this life; the fullness of the Mystery will always be beyond our comprehension. – Br. David Vryhof Society of Saint John the Evangelist To Read More, Click Here Video not displaying? Click here to view: http://youtu.be/GZwL84fYjvw Question for Reflection: Will you…

When God sees us, God sees our uniqueness, our particularities, our peculiarities, our strengths, our weaknesses, etc. And God loves us for who we are, warts and all. – Br. Mark Brown Society of Saint John the Evangelist To Read More, Click Here Video not displaying? Click here to view: http://youtu.be/vQhuEfL-lYI Question for Reflection: How will you take delight in yourself today? Comments: We welcome your comments on this video series. Click here to share thoughts. from Brother, Give Us…

God is in our desire, behind our desire, before our desire, beyond our desire. God is using this potent, sometimes gnawing gift of desire – which springs from God’s own heart – to lead us, like with bread crumbs, to a door which we might not have otherwise chosen or even recognized in this life. Inside that door is home. – Br. Curtis Almquist Society of Saint John the Evangelist To Read More, Click Here Video not displaying? Click here…

Humble self-knowledge means seeing ourselves and others as God sees us. True humility delights in learning to love ourselves and others as God loves us. – Br. Jonathan Maury Society of Saint John the Evangelist To Read More, Click Here Video not displaying? Click here to view: http://youtu.be/9-lU7kRm75U Question for Reflection: Can you trust that God not only loves, but also likes you? All of you? Comments: We welcome your comments on this video series. Click here to share thoughts.…

When we gaze at something, whether it be a window or the moon, at the face of a loved one or a mystery not completely understood we do so filled with hope, with wonder, with expectation, with love. When we gaze at someone or something, anything is possible and we are drawn out of ourselves and into the mystery of what might be. – Br. James Koester Society of Saint John the Evangelist To Read More, Click Here Video not…

If God seems distant or uncommunicative these days, maybe you’re simply not listening. God doesn’t shout: God’s first language is silence. Maybe in your prayers you are doing too much talking and not enough listening. – Br. Geoffrey Tristram Society of Saint John the Evangelist To Read More, Click Here Video not displaying? Click here to view: http://youtu.be/agFDv9lgjN4 Question for Reflection: Do you listen enough in prayer? Comments: We welcome your comments on this video series. Click here to share…

Life is inevitably full of movement, and we know that Jesus was often on the go. He says more than once to his followers, “Come, follow me.” He sends his followers out: “Go into all the world.” He talks about laboring and sowing and harvesting. And yet Jesus also talks about being. Simply being is what can be so elusive and so lost. “Abide with me,” we hear Jesus saying.” “Stay with me,” he says. – Br. Curtis Almquist Society…

Once a week take time to pray with scripture. Robert Wicks, a leading psychotherapist and spiritual director, recommends lectio divina, the method of reading over a passage of scripture a few times until a word or phrase seems to lift up, then “chewing on it” until a door opens for conversation with God. – Br. Eldridge Pendleton Society of Saint John the Evangelist To Read More, Click Here Video not displaying? Click here to view: http://youtu.be/gMy2Tf-zfOc Question for Reflection: Will…