(This post contains an affiliate link, which means I earn a small commission if you shop through the links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Have you read Psalm 136 recently? (Don’t worry – I wouldn’t have known it off the top of my head either.) In my Catholic Journaling Bible, Psalm 136 is called a “Hymn of Thanksgiving for God’s Everlasting Mercy.” This is a great description because the psalmist lists all the wondrous things God has done, followed by the phrase, “for his mercy endures forever,” over and over. FOR 26 VERSES! In an early post, I mentioned that during retreat I was meditating on…
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My Love Story with the Eucharistic Jesus: Part 3
Holy Thursday – The Last Supper – The Institution of the Eucharist Today is the perfect day for the last post in this series. This post jumps ahead to February 2018. Obviously, many things occurred between the years of part 2 and this post, and I am quite aware that receiving Him in Holy Communion for many years yielded a great deal of grace in my life. But for this series, I wanted to share some specific moments of my story with respect to the Eucharist that had a major impact in my relationship with Jesus. So let’s jump to 2018… Last year I attended a retreat with the Sisters…
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Review of “Walking Holy Week with Jesus,” a prayer journal
Have any of you used a prayer journal before? I only discovered that this was a thing a couple years ago. I’ve always kept a journal that I would use to jot down thoughts during prayer, but I never knew that there were themed journals with directed prayers and journal prompts. Maybe you didn’t either. Personally, now I love prayer journals. For the last couple years I have been using a prayer journal for the holy seasons of Advent and Lent, and I have found them highly beneficial in deepening my experiences of those seasons. If you’ve never used a prayer journal, here’s a quick description for you. Most journals…
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My Love Story with the Eucharistic Jesus – Part 2
I have been delaying getting this post live. This is the part of the story wherein I hurt the One who loves me quite seriously. Because of that it took me a while to write, and even longer to get back to edit and publish. But better late than never. In my last post I mentioned that in high school one of my good friends was serving as a Eucharistic Minister. What I didn’t mention was that most of my closest friends were ALL chosen to be ministers. To serve in this ministry, students were selected from among the seniors by the chaplain’s office and other key staff. I was…
