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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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 […]
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Lent Video Two — Guided Meditation: ‘I Call You My Friend’
The Season of Lent always invites us to encounter God on a deeper, more personal level. Today, Fr. Ron Will is going to lead you in a guided meditation. Today we will be doing more than wading in a shallow pool. We will step into the deep waters of relationship. We will move beyond reciting […]
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Lent Video One — God’s Invitation: Turn to Me
The mission statement for Precious Blood Renewal Center declares that this is “a safe and sacred place for healing and hope, reconciliation and renewal.” The challenge we face today is how to invite folks into this sacred place when so many of us are under orders to stay home, to shelter in place and to […]