Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

Thank you Allison Gingras and Elizabeth Riordan for another opportunity to re-publish our favorite posts on  Worth Revisiting . Go there now  and be nourished spiritually. Be sure to visit Allison at  Reconciled to You  and Elizabeth at  Theology Is A Verb  during the rest of the week. You will be glad you stopped by. Here is my plug for a great vocation: Great Way To Begin and End Each Day (Originally posted September 22, 2011) Lay Dominicans have a great love for the Eucharist and the Rosary. We begin our days with Morning Prayer and as often as we can on our knees at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Somewhere during the course of our daily journey, we offer a Rosary or two to our Blessed Mother and spend some time studying, reading and meditating Scripture. Our days end with Evening Prayer and/or Night Prayer and with this moving tribute to our Heavenly Queen. This prayerful rhythm brings a sense of stability to ...

Thanks to the generosity and encouragement of Allison Gingras and Elizabeth Riordan, an ever-expanding group of Catholic bloggers take the time each week to re-post their favorite articles on “It’s Worth Revisiting” Wednesdays. Do yourself a favor: go there now (and every Wednesday) and let these authors bless and challenge you in your Faith journey. During the rest of each week. visit Allison at   Reconciled To You and Elizabeth at Theology Is A Verb .  You will be pleased with what they share. I hope you find something of value in what follows: Good Night Lord: Thank You For My Life and My Dominican Vocation (Originally posted:  April 25, 2011) (Image source: Wikimedia Commons ) There are two reasons why I may have some difficulty falling asleep tonight. On my way to Mass this morning at a Church near where my son and his wife live, I was awestruck by a life size portrait of Our Risen Lord that w...