Author: Boss

With us all feeling the impact of economic slowdown, rising fuel prices and the rate of inflation; strain can begin to show. Each of us benefits when we allow the hope of better times to come and change our gloomy …

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Spring brings with it the power to tap into the spirit of new life and allow growth of the beautiful characters that lie within us. Under the dust and mist of winter the dawn of progress is warmed into potential, …

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A Christian saint, Francis de Sales, made a wonderful comment on the distractions that often plague us when we try to pray: “If the heart wanders, or is distracted, bring it back to the point quite gently and replace it …

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Prayer unites the soul to God, for though the soul may be always like God in nature and in substance restored by grace, it is often unlike him in condition, through sin on our part. Then prayer is a witness …

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Admitting weakness when it comes to the desire to pray is actually a strength! We all need to be encouraged and inspired and the habit of prayer often needs a bit of a prompt. St Augustine reminds us that, even …

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Using an image or object to focus on during prayer is a tried and trusted technique to quiet and still the mind. It can also help with suggesting “avenues” of thought and contemplation. Another helpful tool can be to hold …

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Aelred of Rievaulx (d. 1167) once preached a sermon at the death of a young monk in his community where he compared the inability to understand the death of one so young to looking at the reverse of a tapestry. …

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