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Prayers for Fathers and Husbands
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first four paragraphs of "Prayers for Fathers and Husbands"|For Fathers Coping with a Teenager|Now what, Jesus? Once again I have been dismissed by my own child who looks at me as if I am a stranger and an ...
Peter Remembers His Call From Jesus
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first four paragraphs of "Peter Remembers his Call from Jesus"|I get asked about it all the time, so I don't mind talking about it again. People are always asking, "So, Peter, what was it like the day Jesus ...
A Rosary for Alzheimer's Patients: Praying the Sorrowful Mysteries
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first three paragraphs of "A Rosary for Alzheimer's Patients"|Agony in Garden|For the length of time it takes to pray 10 Hail Marys, I meditate on the Agony in the Garden. I picture Jesus, troubled and afraid, ...
Prayer for the Loss of a Grandchild
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Oh, God,|This is so unfair! Not our grandchild! It isn't fair! It isn't right! Our darling, young grandchild, the one we delighted in at birth, tended to, babysat and loved without limits. Why now are our hearts broken by ...
Praying with My Mother
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
One Experience of Prayer|My mother has suffered from Alzheimer's for a number of years. We live thousands of miles from each other but I visit on a regular basis. With each trip, I witness her continuing decline in eating, ...
Finally, the Sacred Silence
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first four paragraphs of "Finally, the Sacred Silence"|I wanted to pray with my mother. After a half day in airports and on planes, I had returned for another visit to see her, another four days of watching ...
Praying for a Parent with Alzheimer's
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
"Take Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, my entire will... Give me only your love and your grace and that is enough for me." Ignatius of Loyola|Loving God,|Please bless every mother and father ...
Elizabeth Remembers
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first four paragraphs of "Elizabeth Remembers"|What a time it was! What days those were! When I think back on them now, I am amazed at how natural and normal it all felt and yet how grace-filled and sacred. ...
A Visit: Mary and John Remember the Choosing of the 12
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first half of "A Visit: Mary & John Remember the Choosing of the 12"|Ephesus, A.D. 67, at the home of John and Mary, with visitors and new converts, Linus and Agnes.|John: It is so good of you to visit us, ...
How Do We Pray With Our Imagination?
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
We meet new friends and we want to get to know them better. How do we do it? We share our stories. We tell them about our childhood, how we met our spouse or how our great-grandparents moved here. |We live in a rational, ...