Daily Reflection – Living Without Knowing
Dynamic Catholic – The 7 Laws of Money
Money Wisdom – Matthew Kelly
“There is wisdom to be gained in every area of life. Do you have more money wisdom today than you did a year ago?
Money plays a central role in our lives, yet we teach our young people so little about it, and most people never seriously apply themselves to learning about money. So, most people’s personal finances are a mess, and tragically, more than 35% of people who get divorced say they ended their marriage over disagreements about money.
Here are the seven laws of money:
1. Save part of everything you earn
2. Spend less than you earn
3. Invest wisely
4. Protect your assets from risk
5. Own your own home
6. Avoid unnecessary debt
7. Improve your ability to earn.
These laws have not changed in thousands of years. Commit yourself to them and they will lead you to financial health and allow you to be generous with those you love and those in need.”
Minute Meditation – Being Still in the Storm
Amid the tumult of these electrically charged, frenzied times, contemplative living does not propose an escape from our very real, practical, and sometimes intractable problems. On the contrary, it suggests a way of being still, while still being in the storms that rage all around and within us. Like sturdy trees that bend with the breeze, wisdom-inspired living offers a deeper mooring for our being and our doing, which allows for movement even as we are deeply rooted. Seasoned by tears of joy and lament, prayer-centered presence invites us to welcome the whole world by drawing it into our heart-center. Here theology mixes with theater and prophetic action with poetry, as walls come tumbling down, making way for wonder, woe, and well-being.
—from the book Wandering and Welcome: Meditations for Finding Peace by Joseph Grant
Daily Reflection – We Must Learn to be Comfortable with Uncertainty
Daily Reflection – Ask Him to Give You a Thirst for His Word
Daily Reflection – Ask Him to Give You Wisdom
Dynamic Catholic Presents – Never Say These Things!
“There are some things that we should simply never say. Some because they will accomplish the exact opposite of what you are hoping to accomplish. Nobody ever calmed down after being told to calm down in the midst of a disagreement, for example. Other things are better off not said because they are rude or obnoxious. And finally, some things are just none of our business.
Here are 9 things to delete permanently from your vocabulary:
1. Relax.
2. Everything will be okay.
3. I told you so.
4. This should be easy.
5. Get over it.
6. Are you really going to eat that?
7. You’re insane.
8. Why are you still single.
9. You look tired.
10. (And of course) Calm down.
Maurice Switzer observed, “It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.” Just because there is an awkward silence doesn’t mean you have to fill it.”
Morning Offering – Grant Me, O Lord
“Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you.”
— St. Thomas Aquinas
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Morning Offering – Truth Sees God
“Truth sees God, and wisdom contemplates God, and from these two comes a third, a holy and wonderful delight in God, who is love.”
— St. Juliana of Norwich
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Meditation of the Day – A Beautiful Work of Creation, in Itself, is Nothing
“In contemplating a beautiful work of creation consider that, in itself, it is nothing. Let your thoughts soar to the great Hand that produced it; place all your delight in Him saying: “O my God! Sole Object of my desires! Universal Source of all good things! How delightful it is to consider that the perfections of creatures are but a faint image of Thy glory!” When you behold the verdant trees or plants and the beauty of flowers, remember that they possess life only through the will of that Divine Wisdom that, unseen by all, gives life to all things. Say to Him: “O Living God! O Sovereign Life! Thou delight of my soul! From Thee, in Thee and through Thee all things on earth live and flourish!” The sight of animals should lift your mind and heart to the Author of sensibility and motion. Say with respect and love: “Great God, Unmoved Mover of all things, how I rejoice when I consider the eternity of Thy existence, incapable of the slightest change!” When the beauty of mankind impresses you, you should immediately distinguish what is apparent to the eye from what is seen only by the mind. You must remember that all corporeal beauty flows from an invisible principle, the uncreated beauty of God. You must discern in this an almost imperceptible drop issuing from an endless source, an immense ocean from which numberless perfections continually flow. How my soul is ravished when I consider that Eternal Beauty, the Source of every beautiful thing!”— Dom Lorenzo Scupoli, p.68
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