Meditations
Valentine Chocolate Truffles
February 6, 2022
By Lucia Ferrara
To help you prepare for Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, we’ll learn a little bit about who St. Valentine was, some of the traditional foods used to mark this special day, and then we’ll make some super simple, but extra delicious Valentine Chocolate Truffles.
February Taize: “God’s Gonna Trouble the Water”
February 4, 2022
Video available now! This month, we lament together the stark reality of racism in our world, our country and our local community. May the Holy Spirit inspire us toward action for racial justice.
Video Series: Prayer of Silence: Using an Image to Recenter
February 1, 2022
By Kathy Keary
Mirabai Starr speaks of moments of grace interspersed among distractions in the prayer of silence stating that “if you were to string these together you would have a strand of contemplative jewels that make your life richer, deeper.”
Video series: Prayer of Silence: Using a Sacred Word to Recenter
January 24, 2022
By Kathy Keary
Distractions while engaged in silent prayer can be discouraging even though we all experience it. Using a sacred word to return to the stillness can be helpful.
Video Series: Prayer of Silence: Using Breath to Recenter
January 17, 2022
By Kathy Keary
Some shy away from the prayer of silence because of distractions. In this video, we will focus on our breath to recenter ourselves.
Video Series: Breath as a Threshold to the Present Moment
January 10, 2022
By Kathy Keary
Focusing on our breath invites us to the present moment, a fruitful spiritual practice.
Reclaim, Renew Your Life: Taizé for January
January 7, 2022
The dawn of a new year is the time to reclaim your life. “Come and be with us Holy Spirit,” will be our prayer as we gather in January for our Taizé prayer service.
Video Practice: Creative Journaling to Usher in 2022
January 3, 2022
By Kathy Keary
The new year offers us a chance to redirect our focus on what truly matters – to re-create ourselves as we endeavor to become more and more the person God created us to be.
Fr. Joe Nassal’s Winter Solstice Talk
December 22, 2021
Precious Blood Renewal Center welcomed 35 people in person and 9 folks online for our annual Winter Solstice Celebration, featuring Fr. Joe Nassal. Fr. Joe’s talk is now available; you can watch it here.
Video Practice: Visio Divina with the Nativity
December 20, 2021
By Kathy Keary
As we continue our video series on contemplative prayer and with Christmas fast approaching, let's take a moment using visio divina and journaling to pause and reflect on that graced moment when the Christ child was born.