“Let Yourself Be Loved” is Your Vocation
Claire Dwyer
November 5, 2024
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“There is a vocation that precedes all the others. Before anything else, we are called to be loved by God.” – Claire Dwyer
7 Things To Do When Prayer Feels Dry
Claire Dwyer
October 21, 2024
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“There is an invitation given to us in what feels like a wasteland: Love God for God alone. ” – Claire Dwyer
To Be Salt and Light: The Well-Formed Writer
Claire Dwyer
June 18, 2024
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“In the end, it comes down to just that—what are you called to? But if you are called to communicate the Faith, and feel drawn to deepening your formation with a respected certification program, then you can be confident that others will see your completion of it as a sign of credibility.” – Claire Dwyer
Daily Bread
Claire Dwyer
May 1, 2024
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“Jesus Christ did not come into the world to give us the grace to do it all, but to liberate us from the illusion that we possibly can. This opens up the hope that God will always provide, and the vision to see that He already, always has—not in color-coded schedules, but in a creative brilliance of unpredictable days as only He can.” – Claire Dwyer
Advent: A Sacred Ache
Claire Dwyer
December 2, 2023
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“It seemed like centuries of ache coursing through me. It blew through caverns in me I didn’t know were there. I gave in to it. I gave it space to wail itself out.” – Claire Dwyer
This Present Paradise: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Claire Dwyer
November 7, 2023
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“Elizabeth lived her life with constant awareness of the life of the Trinity within her. In the center of her soul, the ‘secret cellar,’ she found a bottomless depth of the divine.” – Claire Dwyer
A Thousand Times A Day: Distractions in Life and Prayer
Claire Dwyer
October 4, 2023
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“That means that each time we shake off the drowsiness or swat away the intrusive worries or recollect our wandering thoughts, we are saying yes to God—again. And again. And again.” – Claire Dwyer
Your ‘Yes’ is Precious: Three Questions for a New Season
Claire Dwyer
September 14, 2023
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“Our free will is a gift from God. Our yes is precious, and it deserves to be protected so that it is given away with perfect freedom, joy, and generosity of spirit.” – Claire Dwyer
“Courage, Dear Heart”: Discern and then Do
Claire Dwyer
August 10, 2023
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“We want to make the best decisions possible, decisions for good—for the best—outcomes. The glory and terrifying responsibility of being made in God’s image and likeness is that we have the freedom to choose.” – Claire Dwyer
What if it’s Wonderful? Preparing our Hearts for Pentecost
Claire Dwyer
May 22, 2023
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“With the Spirit, light is more luminous. Colors are brighter. Joy is sweeter. Life is richer. From the first moments after Pentecost, Christians have known what is it is to suddenly be awakened to the breathtaking presence of God even in the ordinariness of things.” – Claire Dwyer
