Magnificat

Abstract red and black blood vein texture art with a cross with the quote: O Lord our God, you have replanted on our earth the garden lost in Eden, and you have sent a new Gardener to till the soil plowed by the wood of the cross. He who is both the farmer and the seed has watered the earth with his life’s blood, shed for our redemption. Make us grow in his likeness by the power of his word dwelling in our hearts. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.—Magnificat, Feb 18, 2019 Prayer for the Morning
With His Life’s Blood
A man thinking and reflecting in the dark with a neon pink cross in the background with the quote: For us, accepting God’s mercy is the most perfect form of sacrifice. It is a sacrifice of our illusory independence and strength, it is a sacrifice of our pride, and this is precisely how God begins to work in us.—Magnificat
Accepting God’s Mercy
Dramatic time lapse of an outstretched hand catching water and creating a splash in the palm with the quote: "It is from tears, freely flowing, that once-jagged rocks are transformed into polished stones. And in this truth, I bow low and, for the trials, the storms, the laboring and loss, give thanks."—Jennifer Hubbard, Magnificat
I Bow Low and Give Thanks
Photo of hands reaching towards chains that are hanging down with the quote: The notion that one gains freedom by rebelling against God has been a popular illusion since Eden. The paradox of the Gospel is that we are set free from the chains of our own making by choosing to yoke ourselves to Christ, who bursts our bonds by his own Death and Resurrection.—Magnificat
Yoke Ourselves to Christ
Watercolor painting by French painter James Tissot named The Ointment of the Magdalene (Le parfum de Madeleine) (1886-1894) depicting Mary Magdalene kneeling before Christ, anointing his feet with costly nard oil, and wiping them with her hair, a gesture of deference and devotion with the quote: Judas thought Mary’s anointing was wasteful, preventing the costly nard from benefitting the poor. In point of fact, it served precisely that purpose... for the worst sort of poverty is to be unaware of or unmoved by the Savior’s presence. Are we willing to “waste” our lives for the love of Jesus? To be embarrassingly attentive to him?—Magnificat, April 15, 2019
The Worst Sort of Poverty
A Christian cross on the distressed wall with the face of Christ on the wall with the quote: The Lord gathers up the tears of humanity and transforms them into the waters of life by the alchemy of the cross, where suffering and death are changed into joy and life by the self-gift of love.—Magnificat, April 2, 2019
The Alchemy of the Cross