20 February 2023 | Seventh Monday in Ordinary Time | Menlo Park, Calif.

As winter shades into spring and we stand again on the threshold of Lent, I share some thoughts on this season as a new beginning, as well as two recommendations for spiritual reading (see the links below)! Then we continue our journey into the third dwelling places of the interior castle and consider the dispositions needed to receive the gift of infused prayer.

Today’s Word: “Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live” (Ezekiel 37:5).

Links:

• Athirst for the Spirit by Dr. Nina Sophie Heereman: https://www.amazon.com/Athirst-Spirit-Biblical-Wisdom-Desert/dp/1645852741
  
  


• Born of Fire by Fr. Innocent Montgomery, CFR: https://www.amazon.com/Born-Fire-Father-Innocent-Montgomery/dp/B09V3WCG85

Opening music: “Kyrie,” from Missa Presulem ephebeatum, composed by Heinrich Isaac, sung by Cappella Mariana, dir. Vojtěch Semerád, 2019. All rights reserved.