By Fr. Ron Will, CPPS All the reflections in this series can be found here: Living in the Season of the Holy Spirit. The Feast of Pentecost propels us into the season of the Holy Spirit. When we live under the influence of the Holy Spirit we participate in a new creation. In this series, […]
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What to do when you can’t shake the blues
By Fr. Garry Richmeier Over my 25 years as a counselor, people have often come to me saying they are feeling down or depressed. They wonder what is wrong and they want to fix it. I thought today I would share with you some of my experience about what to do when you’re feeling doing, […]
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Living in the Season of the Holy Spirit #1: Forgiveness
By Fr. Ron Will, CPPS Today we begin a seven-week series titled “Living in the Season of the Holy Spirit.” When we live under the influence of the Holy Spirit, we participate in a new creation. This is what we mean when we speak of the “Season of the Holy Spirit.” Over the next seven […]
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Video 3 — Focusing: Listening to the Wisdom of the Body for Healing
By Kathy Keary This is our third video on focusing. Focusing is a life-giving spiritual meditation that honors the wisdom that lies within us. Focusing speaks to us in a way that can be felt in our bodies. Undoubtedly, we are living in troubled times, not only in our nation but in the world and […]
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Video 2 — Focusing: Listening to the Wisdom of the Body for Healing
By Kathy Keary This is the second of three videos in this series. All videos are here. Today we continue our series of videos that look at Focusing, a technique developed by University of Chicago psychologist Eugen Gendlin. Gendlin found that his clients were more likely to improve if they had a relationship with feelings […]
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Taize June 4: Tonight we prayer for right relationships
By Dennis Coday The Taize Prayer Service post today to our website (see below) and Facebook page was recorded several days before the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the subsequent demonstrations and protests enveloped the nation. Already under stress from the ongoing covid-19 pandemic, this was much to endure. Despite predating the horrific […]
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New Video Series — Focusing: Listening to the Wisdom of the Body for Healing
By Kathy Keary Society teaches us to suppress our feelings, to distance ourselves from our emotional pain and to distract us from our emotions rather than to care for them in a healthy way. If you knew that there was a way to listen to the wisdom of your emotions as revealed in your body […]
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The Seven Appearances of Jesus after the Resurrection: #7 A Strong Driving Wind
By Fr. Ron Will A Special Note and Request: The coronavirus continues to cause a lot of emotional and spiritual stress for many of you. We are still not able to invite people on to the Renewal Center campus at this time because of the virus, but we wonder: Is there anything that you would […]
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The Seven Appearances of Jesus after the Resurrection: #6 The Ascension and the Commission
By Fr. Ron Will Welcome back to Precious Blood Renewal Center for this 6th Week of Easter Meditations. As we gather for this video prayer across the miles today, there may be pockets of businesses and churches opening up near you, but we are still a long way from overcoming this coronavirus pandemic. And so […]
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The Seven Appearances of Jesus after the Resurrection: #5 At the Mount of Olives
By Fr. Ron Will This meditation is based on the Matthew 28: 16-20. Welcome back to Precious Blood Renewal Center for this 5th week of Easter meditations. Workplaces and churches may be opening up a little more in your part of the country than they were a week ago, but there are still lots of […]
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Taize Prayer for May 7 — Online Now!
Join the Precious Blood Renewal Center team for a prayer service in the Taize style. This video goes live on three locations May 7. Our Website: See below or find all the Taize videos here. On YouTube: at bit.ly/2Y0GfOn On Facebook beginning at 7 p.m.: facebook.com/preciousbloodrenewalcenter/ Taizé Prayer is sung, ecumenical community prayer. It originated with a […]
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The Seven Appearances of Jesus After the Resurrection: #4 Invited: Feed My Sheep
By Fr. Ron Will In today’s meditation, we return to the Sea of Galilee and find seven of the Disciples there fishing and trying to make sense of the death and resurrection of Jesus. The Teacher has already appeared to them three times. Last week, you recall, (See John 21: 2-14) that Jesus met Peter, […]
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The Seven Appearances of Jesus after the Resurrection: #3 At the Sea Shore
By Fr. Ron Will, CPPS In this meditation, we will join the Apostles after they have gone back to fishing on the Sea of Galilee, after the death and resurrection of Jesus. You can find the scripture passage here: John 21: 2-14. When Jesus appears to the Apostles on the seashore, at first they do […]
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Break the Fast: Join us for a Virtual Iftar Dinner May 5
The video of this event is now available. See below: Virtual Ramadan with The Dialogue Institute of Kansas City, Precious Blood Renewal Center & Rockhurst University For the third consecutive year, Precious Blood Renewal Center and Dialogue Institute of Kansas join together to host an interfaith fast breaking celebration during the Muslim holy month of […]
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The Seven Appearances of Jesus after the Resurrection: #2 Gathering in the Upper Room
Welcome back to Precious Blood Renewal Center for our second Eastern meditation. Today we will join the Apostles who were gathered in the Upper Room on the first day of the week after the death and burial of Jesus. Our meditation today will focus on a reading from the Gospel of John 20:19-23. In the […]
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The Seven Appearances of Jesus after the Resurrection: #1 Mary Magdalene at the Tomb
Happy Easter from Precious Blood Renewal Center in Liberty, Missouri! Christ is risen! Alleluia! Let us rejoice! We hope you had a chance to celebrate Easter Sunday by means of a livestream either from your own parish church or from one of the televised Easter Masses. Easter is the most important day of our liturgical […]
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Update: Watch Taize Prayer Service Now, Here
Join the Precious Blood Renewal Center team for a Good Friday prayer service in the Taize style. Taizé Prayer is sung, ecumenical community prayer. It originated with a monastic community in France and has spread to numerous spots around the world. The prayer service uses chant melodies and simple accompaniment along with moments of silence […]
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Lent Video Six – Meditation for Holy Thursday: ‘Remember Me As You Come Into Your Kingdom’
Special Note for Thursday’s Video Meditation: Please bring a crucifix that you can hold in your hands. As you settle into your place of prayer, Fr. Ron Will asks you to relax. Take a couple of deep breaths. Inhale the presence of God. Exhale any anxiety or stress you have in your body. Be present […]
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Lent Video Five – Meditation for Tuesday of Holy Week: “Only a Shadow of You Love”
Today, Tuesday of Holy Week, Fr. Ron Will helps us pray and mediate on the Stations of the Cross. The stations, also known as the Way of the Cross or Via Crucis in Latin, is an ancient tradition in Catholicism. The stations are a series of 14 vignettes portraying events in the Passion of Christ, […]
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Lent Video Four — Guided Meditation: ‘Traveling in the Dust of the Rabbi’
Today Fr. Ron Will is going to lead you in a guided meditation. He will start by reading a passage from the Gospel of Mark (Mark 1:29-34). Here’s the text to help you prepare. On leaving the synagogue he entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with […]
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Lent Video Three – Absorbed into the Teacher’s Way
When Jesus called his first disciples, he didn’t invite them just to attend his public lectures, but to join him, to live with him, to share meals with him, to pray with him, to teach with him, and to serve the poor with him. To share life with him. The image above depicts Jesus’ call […]