Carol Cominsky

“Today, try sleeping on the floor for the first hour of the night. Think about your own death. Ask God to help you ponder what is almost impossible to comprehend. Ask him for wisdom and insight, and most of all, hope in the promises of Christ. Then go off to your warm bed in a state of thanksgiving. Watch, therefore; you do not know when the lord of the house is coming, whether in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or in the morning. May he not come suddenly and find you sleeping. What I say to you, I say to all: “Watch!” (Mk 13:35-37)”
― Paula Huston, Simplifying the Soul: Lenten Practices to Renew Your Spirit

“But I am trusting you, O Lord, Saying, “You are my God!” My future is in Your hands.   ~Psalm 31:14-15”
― Suzanne Elizabeth Anderson, Trusting God with Your Dream: An Inspirational 31-Day Devotional to Turn Your Dreams into Reality: Book One in the "Your Dream" Series

“Wednesday: Pray for Strangers You See throughout This Day One of the elders said: Just as a bee, wherever she goes, makes honey, so a monk, wherever he goes, if he goes to do the will of God, can always produce the spiritual sweetness of good works.5”
― Paula Huston, Simplifying the Soul: Lenten Practices to Renew Your Spirit

“PRACTICE Today, wear your oldest and least presentable clothes, no matter what's on the schedule. Notice how people react. Think about what it is like to move about in a consumerist society when you cannot afford to keep up appearances. Pray for awareness regarding your own sense of self-worth when you are not “looking your best.” Ask to be freed up from this unnecessary self-preoccupation. Notice how the flowers grow. They do not toil or spin. But I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of them. (Lk 12:27)”
― Paula Huston, Simplifying the Soul: Lenten Practices to Renew Your Spirit