I'm using the opportunity to pray as I breathe, an idea that was planted in me during a recent 8-week retreat with Father Gaitley's Consoling the Heart of Jesus: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat- Inspired by the Spiritual Exercises of St. I'm thinking of the Psalms as letters TO ME now, instead of as 3000-year-old poems. I'm now looking at the pictures on my fridge as an opportunity to offer a prayer for loved ones. In fact, I've gained more from this book than just suggestions for ways to pray in Adoration. This is a man writing to ME: to the me who is sooooo busy I have an excuse for everything, to the me who wonders if anyone's listening, to the me who takes small LOUD people with me to Adoration. I'd kneel, say hi, and get to work.Īnd there's nothing wrong with that approach, though I have modified it over the years.Įach of the 21 chapters-which are short and easy-to-read-has a snappy title and usually about two or three pages of down-to-earth content. I've been a regular at our parish's Eucharistic Adoration program for over ten years, and I remember the days of dragging in a couple of books, a notebook, a rosary, and two or three prayer books. I was, in fact, convinced I would have to work to write a favorable review. I thought I knew the tone it would have and the attitude of eye-rolling it would inspire in me. I'll admit, I only read this book because my arm was twisted.
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