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O God, You created me for a purpose, a specific task for the Church and humanity. You have always known the work I was cut out for, a work which only I can do and no other. If I do not accept this work, it will never be done. Therefore, I have a job to do. Make clear to me your will, and I will follow you in whatever task this may be. I know I can do all things in you, my strength. Amen.
St. Paul VI once spoke of artists as “those who grasp treasures from the heavenly realm of the spirit and cloth them with words, colors, forms, and textures—making them accessible.” Visio Divina involves using sacred images, art, or nature to nurture the soul and ponder the mysteries of heaven and earth. Visit www.preciousbloodus.org/spiritual to learn more about the spiritual lifestyle of Missionaries of the Precious Blood.
Which prayer practice encourages reflection on sacred images, art, or nature?
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“It’s Always Been That Way”
In honor of National Vocation Awareness Week, we’re sharing the stories of some of our Missionaries’ vocational call. In one block of his hometown of Winamac, Ind., St. Peter Catholic Church was on one corner, the rectory on another, the convent on another, and the...
Frying Pan to the Back of the Head
It seems fitting that during this, National Vocation Awareness Week, we ask our vocation director, Fr. Steve Dos Santos, C.PP.S., to tell his own vocation story: The story of my call is a great story of God’s patience. I was slow to listen, and good at ignoring the...
Perfect Love Casts Out Fear
Precious Blood spirituality helps us to view the world in love, not fear.
Open Our Blind Eyes, O Lord
A fellow Precious Blood priest, Fr. Marvin Steffes, C.PP.S., was a man of hands-on spirituality with no fluff. He so often observed “most people are going to be saved because they are so ignorant.” I know he included the two of us. The Epistle to the Hebrews says we...
Filled with Joy
“That’s what God wants us to have: a deep sense of God’s presence, that God loves us and invites us to give of ourselves. That’s how we experience joy.