Each week I send a short reflection to help you deepen your relationship with the Holy Spirit. Read: "By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His own Spirit" (1 John 4:13). Ponder: Take a few minutes ... think about what this means ... the Holy Spirit is the divine gift by which believers are truly united to God ... not metaphorically but really participating in the divine life! In other words, the gift of the Spirit is not merely an external sign of...

Heavenly Father ... Through the life of St. Anthony the Great, You reveal the beauty of Complete surrender. He heard Your call, Left everything behind, and Sought You alone In the silence of the desert. Though tempted and Tested by the enemy, His heart remained fixed on You. Grant us, O Lord, Even a measure of his courage, To release our attachments To embrace simplicity, and To trust in Your provision. May his example kindle deep within us A deeper hunger for prayer and Stillness and...

My soul is scattered Like ashes in the wind. Gray, dry, gaunt Drifting aloft On a cold, Cloudy day speckled with Drops of rain and Long shadows dancing on The burnt embers that have lost their glow and Chased by the howling and cheering and Jeering of faces with glee that a Life is smothered and a soul is lost. Unknown, Unwanted, Forgotten, and Forsaken There is nothing but death and The stench of failure that Strains at the irony of Eking out the one refrain That never forgets the Last two...