Breaking up is hard to do. Whether it was a mutual decision or a heart-wrencher, the Lord wants to be the object of your rebound. Here are five messages for prayer to allow the Lord to take an active role in your healing. 1. Comfort- Psalm 34:18-20- The righteous cry out, the Lord hears and he rescues them from all their afflictions. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted, saves those whose spirit is crushed. Many are the troubles of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him f

This past Sunday, I sat in Mass both crowded and slightly irritated as my 5-year-old poked me in the face with her palm for the fifteenth time. The Gospel was long, as I knew it would be, but I knew I needed it. The church is so wise to give us the Liturgical Seasons. We humans require built-in reminders of our need for Christ’s birth, our need for his death and our need for his resurrection. This year’s Palm Sunday reading from Matthew spoke a particular sentence that resona

Rezar por mi futuro marido fue una de las claves de mi decisión para permanecer pura en la adolescencia. Básicamente, años más tarde descubrimos que mi decisión de dedicar estas oraciones coincidía con la fecha de la espontánea conversión de mi prometido. Hace pocos años, durante una conferencia, una mujer preguntó cómo rezo ahora por mi marido. Es increíble cómo a veces el Espíritu Santo se comunica desafiándome delante de una sala llena de gente. Afortunadamente, volví de n

Praying for my future spouse was one of the keys to my decision to stay pure as a teen. Ultimately, years later we discovered that my decision to dedicate myself to these prayers coincided with the date of the spontaneous conversion of my Husband-To-Be. A few years ago during a speaking egagement, a woman asked how I pray for my husband now [Insert awkward bumbling shuffle here]. It’s great how sometimes the Holy Spirit communicates by calling me out in front of a room full o

“I’d like to pray with the Scriptures, but I don’t know where to start.” Sound familiar? In my own life, I tried a lot of things: starting from the beginning, picking one book at a time, opening to a random passage (commonly referred to as “Bible Roulette”), but nothing seemed to stick. I knew that this was God’s love letter to me, and I didn’t want to miss out, but I couldn’t seem to find a method that really spoke to me. Can you relate? Below are the steps that have really

“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results.” -Albert Einstein Want your retreat experience to last? Then don’t just go back to the same habits as when you left! Let’s take an honest look at what will fuel your Holy Spirit fire and what will stifle it. 1. Make a plan- Make a CONCRETE and PRACTICAL resolution. Be very specific. Exclude the word “try” and use the word “will.” Word to the wise: things like, I am going to: “pray more,” “pay