Edit negative feelings by offering them to the Holy Spirit
Rewrite a moment, past or present, that leads to discouragement, finding new habits of courage, strength, and tranquility.
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Writing prompts for your spiritual journal.
Write: Finding Power in Defeat
In response to this meditation, with an eye toward a new start in the new year, distill your experience with defeat with a statement of power through hope.
Write: Let go of a knot in order to “untie” it.
Letting go is just another phrase that means forgiveness, especially for ourselves.
Write: Compose a prayer for souls
In this season of the Feast of All Souls, write a brief prayer for your own soul, asking God how you might serve Him the rest of your living days.
Write: Preserve places where you can meet God
Write about both special times and special places where to meet God everyday.
Write: Your way to forgiving and forgiveness
Being aware of our own failings makes it easier both forgive ourselves and to grant forgiveness.
Write: Find security in your own love and compassion
Write about how past suffering makes you more capable of motherly love.
Write: Can suffering inspire mercy and kindness?
If we write about our daily struggles, we might be more understanding about the suffering of others.
Write: Finding Words to Turn a Heart
What “persuasive words” would the Lord put in your mouth to “turn his or her heart”?
Write: Compose your own prayer
Write your own prayer about a particular contradiction, concern, or confusing aspect in your life’s direction.