Fr. Patrick Gonyeau C.PP.S.

The beautiful testimony of Lisa, who received profound healing at an Advent Into the Fire Holy Spirit retreat in Nixa, Missouri ... praise you, Jesus!

On the 1st Sunday of Advent, we consider the wonderful grace of holy desire that God offers us so we can passionately pursue living our lives more fully in the Holy Spirit as we prepare for the coming of Jesus Christ...

On the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, we consider the beautiful and effusive reality of life in the kingdom of the beloved Son. (Col 1:13)

Considering the beauty of Malachi's prophecy, "there will arise the sun of justice with its healing rays" (Mal 3:20), we look at the acronym ABC and three simple yet powerful ways Jesus empowers us in His love.

Given at a Marian Eucharistic Conference, this is a joy-filled session on The Hail Mary ...

As All Souls Day falls on a Sunday, the day Jesus rose from the dead, we look at some of what the Church teaches about purification after this life and the gift of prayer for the faithful departed. In light of thinking of the particular judgment that awaits all of us at the end of this life, we also consider the real potential we have to become living saints by God's grace...

As we read Jesus' parable about praying always without becoming weary (Lk18:1-8), our hearts can be joyfully awakened to the reality that Jesus can give us this grace if we desire it...

Seek God's word, see God's breakthrough. Give God gratitude, see God's face.

"Write down the vision" the Lord told the prophet Habakkuk. (Hab 2:2) About 600 years later, John the Apostle would write down the vision of Jesus for the lives of his future disciples. (Jn 17:20-21) Catching the Lord's vision for our lives renews our attachement to his loving presence...that makes living the vision possible.

A simple way to do as God tells us through St. Paul, "pursue righteousness, devotion, faith, love, patience and gentleness..." (1 Tim 6:11)