Do you ever just want a moment?
Sometimes I just need a moment with God and in the middle of the day with so much going on, it is very hard to have that moment or to really be able to focus in that moment.

Audrey Assad, who just released her debut album, has an incredibly beautiful song called “Restless”, co-written by Matt Maher, that helps me enter into God’s presence in an instant. I thought I’d share this song with you in hopes that you might be able to pause and …

8/3/10
The Power of Prayer
This past week, we witnessed the incredible power of prayer. Melanie Pritchard was incredibly close to death, but through the power of prayer she is heading home from the hospital today. This is incredible news. Through my estimation, counting all of the different ways that prayer requests went out and all of the different communities that pledged their prayers, I would venture to guess that tens of thousands of people prayed for Melanie. Prayer truly is powerful.
All we have to do is ask
The Gospel of Matthew says, …

Publisher’s Note: This post originally appeared on John’s blog which you can find here. He has graciously agreed to let me share it with you. It is a beautiful tribute to Melanie Pritchard and her incredible and miraculous recovery from a potentially fatal medical emergency. Doctor’s are calling it a “miracle they cannot begin to explain” and those of us in the praying world agree with Mark Hart who proclaimed “I can (explain it), it’s called the Divine Mercy of God.”

John J. Jakubczyk served as President of Arizona Right to …

Lisa Hendey of www.CatholicMom.com posted this great video from this morning’s closing Mass of the Theology of the Body Congress with Cardinal Justin Rigali of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. It was a poignant moment as the attendees closed in celebration of not only the Divine Liturgy, but in celebration of the renewal that is happening through this incredibly powerful work of John Paul II. Thanks for posting this Lisa! For more on the Theology of the Body Congress, check out this morning’s article here.

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UPDATED AT 4:36pm (AZ Time) 8/2/10
Melanie Pritchard, Catholic speaker, Pro-Life Educator, Chastity speaker, and a true woman of God is in critical condition after giving birth to her second child. During labor there were complications and Melanie was rushed into an emergency C-section. During the C-section Melanie’s heart stopped beating. The baby was born and is doing great. But Melanie’s condition is very serious. She has now had surgery on her heart and while she is stable on machines, is not recovering well. They are now transporting her to the …

1. Lent Reading List
Catholic evangelist/speaker, Thomas Smith, twitter handle @gen215 posted a request for suggestions from Catholic Tweeters to give their Lent Reading suggestions this week and made a great little video giving those suggestions along with some of his own. I actually really liked the list and copied it to keep as suggestions for throughout the year. Reading a book during Lent is a great spiritual practice and a great way to make Lent the spiritual time it is meant to be. You can check the video out here …

Let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and to find grace for timely help. – Hebrews 4:16
Our first intention are for those affected by the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti.

We of course pray for those who lost their lives, “Saints of God receive their souls, receive their souls and present them to God.”
We also pray for those who are trapped or injured. We pray that as search efforts continue that anyone else who is still alive in the rubble will be found. We pray for the injured …

It’s time for my Hot Now – Weekly Picks. A weekly selection of what’s “hot and fresh” in the Catholic world. You’ll be happy to know that while I’m not sponsored by Krispy Kreme – (even though I’m using their logo) – I am enjoying a tasty Krispy Kreme Doughnut as I write this.
1. Great Book for Men
Last month I was blessed to get a preview copy of Be A Man! by Fr. Larry Richards. I have very much enjoyed this book and think this would make a …

We have a new Feature on LivingGracefully.net – it’s the “Hot Now Weekly Picks”. Each week I’ll pick five to ten hot items from other blogs, podcasts, and the news plus a few updates locally here at LivingGracefully. As of now they will go up on Saturday’s but I’m rethinking my posting schedule so that could change.  – See something “hot” that you think others should know about? – email it to chris@livinggracefully.net

Hot Now – Vol. 1
1. FastforHaiti
You are no doubt aware of the FastforHaiti Campaign that I started in …