This introduction on women begins with one of my lessons. It is called, The Source and the Orbit. The essence of the lesson is that in a relationship between two people, one, the orbit, is out in the greater world gathering energy that is returned to the source who transforms this energy into that which bring sustenance to them both. This can be crudely expressed as, “You bring home the bacon, and I’ll fry it up in a...
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Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing, and perfect will. (Romans 12:2) Lord, sometimes I feel like my emotions need a makeover. Renovate me—transform me so I can be balanced and healthy in my emotions. I ask for your power to change. I don’t want to be the way I used to be. I want to...
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O God, my father, who knows the thoughts and intents of my heart, deliver my life from bondage to evil moods. Not through my own merit, but by your grace, I have put from me those outward acts that the world most quickly condemns. Yet ever with me is the temptation to subtler sins of the spirit – to irritation, to discouragement, to self-righteousness, to self-centeredness, to forgetfulness of you. Purge my soul, O God. When I have...
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Eternal Father, source of all mercy and love, out of love for us you sent your son, and willed that blood and water flow from his side to cleanse us of sin and restore lost innocence. Hear the cry of each woman who mourns the loss of her child to abortion. Forgive her sin, restore her to your grace, and still the terror of her heart with a peace beyond all understanding. Through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of...
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Lord, who came among us through a courageous woman’s Yes, give us the courage to answer Yes to our sisters’ pleas. To the unborn girl who cries for the same birthright as her brother, give us the courage to say Yes. To the school-age girl who longs for the opportunities only education can provide, give us the courage to say Yes. To the adolescent girl who asks to be released from the injustice of forced marriage, give us the...
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