The focus of week 5, was to discern what God has called you to do.  Back in 2000, when my wife and I had our spiritual conversion (metanoia); it was so powerful that it affected every aspect of our lives.  We not only wanted to be closer to God, but wanted to do good in [...]

Time for a quick break.  Center your self and detach.  Ready? Lets go.  Start now.

During week 3, I decided to focus on the prayers and do a weekly reflection, instead of a day to day.   The day to day prayers were actually connected and sometimes I needed to reflect longer.  Or sometimes, I skipped a day because, well life happens, right? This week 3 was particularly a struggle [...]

This was a particular interesting week.  The prayers were about trying to understand what God is calling me to do.  For the most part, I know that my vocation as a married person is most of the calling.  That alone should be enough right?  But I think once we approach the empty nest stage, another [...]

Very powerful Day 6 material.  The exercise is to listen God and be aware of where or what He is calling us to do in our lives.  For me, sometimes I feel I am called in every which way.  I think it is my own impatience that pulls me in so many different directions.  I [...]

Well I’ve been playing catch up and as life was happening the past 5 days, tried my best to take at least 5 minutes to pray the Ignatian Prayers.  If I missed one day, I made sure to include it on the following day.  Sometimes, I simply needed more time to reflect on a particular [...]

Life gets busy.  We all have good intentions.  Sometimes, all it takes is a simple, short moment to take a breath. Take a 3 min break.  Start now.

I was having a bit of trouble understanding the material for day 6.  I continued to contemplate and let things come.  Well, I had an incredible meeting with Katrina of Edward Jones in Mililani.  Originally our meeting was purely business.  She had started her Financial Advising practice this year and we were meeting to see [...]

Nothing expresses it better than this quote from one of my favorite authors: It is true to say that for me sanctity consists in being myself and for you sanctity consists in being your self and that, in the last analysis, your sanctity will never be mine and mine will never be yours, except in [...]

Been an incredible four days.  It’s been a very long time since I actually made this amount of time for God.  When I had only 2 kids back in the early 200o’s, it was easy to find time and be consistent.  Today, with 7 kids, I’m happy to be able to just sit down and [...]

This video and inspiration for this post is from Vinita Hampton’s Days of Deepening Friendship for Women Growing Wiser. It’s that pivot from freedom from all this stuff that weighs us down to freedom to serve, to love, to give back. [pb_vidembed title="" caption="" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiVJeVXUPeI" type="yt" w="600" h="400"]  

If you haven’t noticed, these reflections are being posted the day after.  I felt it necessary to take as much time to think and meditate on the Ignatian prayers. When I said yes to God back in 2000, my life changed.  I was at an all time low.  Up to my surrender, I had lost [...]

My reflection from Day 2 of the Ignatian Prayers. A continuing reminder of how God is always near us, knows us and wants the very best for us.  Much like a parents’ relationship with their child.  Whether the situation be good or bad, in the end, the results makes us a better person.  A good [...]

Whoa.  The pain is coming on pretty strong.  The urges are consistent.  And the disconnect from people felt.  If you don’t know, a few days ago, I gave up coffee, video games and Facebook for Lent.  An somewhere in there, I added meat. Well, feeling the loss today. Starbucks Coffee Free To fight off the [...]

Reflection of Day 1 in of the Ignatian Prayer Adventure. Once again, I am reminded of God’s providence.  Despite our selves, He is always here through the bad, good and mundane.  When I first had my spiritual conversion back in 2000, the awareness of God’s presence was so overwhelming.  Today, it is a challenge to [...]

This is an ongoing post series about my experience, reflections during my pursuit of praying the Ignatian Prayers during Lent.   Read the other posts; Bye Facebook, Doing the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises for Lent and First Day of the Ignatian Prayer Adventure. I am committed to the Ignatian Prayers and my giving up of Facebook, Coffee [...]

Prepost Note:  For those of you who don’t know I am a practicing Catholic.  I will be sharing a lot of content that is based on the Catholic Faith.  I’m sure you can find some good things to apply to your self, even if you are not a Catholic.  I am appealing to the universal [...]

Every year, I give up Facebook for the entire Lent.  Being Catholic, I try to live out my Faith as best I can.  Not perfect but I try.  Why Facebook?  It is one of my favorite places on the Internet to engage with friends, families and colleagues.  I am fortunate enough to have a very [...]

Here is something I strive (struggle) to do on a daily basis…it’s from the Saint Josemaria Institute.  Funny it’s no longer available on their site so had to grab it from the Google Web cache. Spirituality for Daily Life St. Josemaria believed that ordinary people can grow close to God in their everyday lives. He [...]