The timelessness of prayer: The conversion of Bishop William Ketteler
For God, past, present, and future are one. Time has no restriction on Him; after all, He created it. The 19th century German Bishop Ketteler experienced this first hand in God working out his conversion.
Tabernacling with the Lord: the Sacred Heart home enthronement
In ancient Judaism, the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) brought the presence of God into the tent of the Jewish family. Similarly, the enthronement in the home of the Sacred Heart of Jesus makes the home an extension of His tabernacle in the church…
Prayer for a Visit to the Blessed Sacrament by St. Alfonsus Liguori
On Holy Thursday, sitting before my loving Lord in His Blessed Sacrament, I was privileged to pray with my mom’s Adoration Holy Hour prayer book from 1934. I felt like she was holding it with me, turning every page. The timelessness of our faith…the truth that in prayer we breach time and space as God lifts us up into His Heart to experience His love for us…the grace this brings into the world…truly there are no other people more blessed on the earth than the Catholics sitting in front of His Blessed Sacrament.