Category:Touched

Inspirational articles to help one become closer to God.

The God-shaped hole

by Page Zyromski We’re born with a God-shaped hole in our hearts, one of the saints tells us.  It’s a space for God alone.  Until we recognize what it is, we try to fill it up by stuffing earthly things into it—possessions, activities, self-importance.  It’s like trying to force the wrong piece of a jigsaw… Continue reading The God-shaped hole

Bloom

God’s Timing Is Always Perfect God’s never early, never late, but always on time. Our timing isn’t God’s timing.  For us, God’s timing often feels like a long, desperate delay. God’s perfect timing does two things:   It grows our faith as we are forced to wait and trust in God and it makes certain… Continue reading Bloom

Your Enough

Several years ago as I was getting ready to leave my home for my scheduled Eucharistic Adoration time with Jesus. I heard this voice in my heart say, “leave the books at home”! I had a habit of taking a couple of books to read as I sat with Jesus during my hour. I took… Continue reading Your Enough

All Glory Be

‘All Glory Be’  I was taught this prayer at the age of 4 or 5 by my mother.  I have prayed it every day since.  This prayer for many years was prayed with an absence of thought of what it really mean’t for me in my life.   Many years later I professed to the… Continue reading All Glory Be

Pentecost

Have you ever heard of the ‘Wild Goose’?  It is the name for the Holy Spirit used by Early Christians who had an appreciation for the goose’s unexpected interventions, and saw the goose as a fitting symbol for the Spirit and believers saw the noble goose as a symbol of vigilance.         … Continue reading Pentecost

Love of the Holy Spirit

I have experienced encounters with the Holy Spirit throughout my life but the most powerful was when my husband of 48 years passed into eternity.  As I struggled with the pain of oppressive grief, that followed his death, God asked me not to pursue another marriage, but to give my life to Him.  I said yes… Continue reading Love of the Holy Spirit