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Thanks be to God for this ministry. By your outreach I have been guided,comforted, and drawn into the presence of our loving God since 1999. How may I pray for you in these troubled times? I miss Father Thomas Green so very much.
Peace and joy be yours,
Doris
Thank you again to everyone who makes Sacred Space possible. The different screens slow me down to be more mindful and prayerful. Thank you.
Thank you for giving Sacred Space to us, I have visited you for some years by now. It is especially comforting now in this world crisis. May God bless you.
Thanks much for Sacred Space. I love reflecting on its message and was wondering why I have to go to archives daily to get that message?
Thanks for the reply…lucy
Just discovered Sacred Space yesterday. I enjoy the daily prayer. Downloaded the app as well for my iPhone. Thank you for being there. Indeed a sacred space to go to.
Thank you to all who put so much time and effort into Sacred Space. I make it part of my daily prayer time. I always do the Advent and Lenten retreats. Our 2020 Lenten Retreat Journeying with Jesus, in deserts, mountains, wells etc looks enticing.
Thank you and Blessings on you and all our praying community we certainly need a global praying community in our world today.
After reading about Sacred Space in the Long Island Catholic the year after the site began, my mother told me about this site. I had recently returned to NY from NM to care for her and my dad, and this site became a true inspiration to me.My dad died in 2001, my mom in 2009, and I then returned to my teaching career in NM. Sacred Space has continued to inspire and uplift me. I can’t believe I’ve been using this site for 20 years!!! God bless you all,founders and readers.
Thank you for brightening our morning every day by bringing us close to God with prayers and reflections. Thanks for the guides which often clarify a reading I’ve previously let go. God bless you all in your work and blessings also to the Sacred Space community.
CONGRATULATIONS AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY, may there be many more years to add to your/our space.
Thank you for Sacred Space, a beautiful site to focus and center the day around
Happy Birthday Sacred Space! Thank you for building and maintaining this community, the daily prayer has been a wonderful way to start the day centered and close to Jesus
Thank you for this wonderful way of starting my day.
I have been using sacred space both in book or online for 3years now after my husband heard it spoken about on a radio show. It was a very new concept to me and I couldn’t put it down once I found it. You have really helped in my faith being re ignited .God bless you all and happy birthday. Long may you continue.
Happy Birthday Sacred Space.
Our thanks all those who nurtured and developed this amazing praying site.
God bless.
“The fact that Jesus was found in the temple could be a focus for our prayer as well and that we stand a better chance of finding Jesus in a place of worship and surrounded by worshipping people.”
I don’t think this is true. And I certainly think Pope Francis would disagree. We are more likely to find Jesus in the lives of his people and accompanying the marginalized people.
Most puzzled I am. Your commentary for today suggests something digital in your site has failed. Today is Wednesday, January 29, NOT Tuesday, January 28. So Saint Thomas Aquinas was honored YESTERDAY, NOT TODAY. I can hardly bear to have to correct any Jesuit. Beyond my pay grade. Kind regards.
I think the Gospel Readinds have been displaced by a day. You show Friday 10 Jan as Luke 4:14-22 while my local source quotes Luke 5:12-16. Sacred Space quotes Luke 5:12-16 on Saturday 11th.
If only all of our governments would start their days with Sacred Space, ours and the worlds problems would be greatly reduced. By the way, you English spell and speak funny. Thank you so much and God Bless.
I am so grateful to our pastor for mentioning this site one Lent, I have been reading Daily prayer it every morning, and find it comforting, inspiring and a wonderful way to start the day. Thank you and God bless!
I look forward to reading the daily gospel every morning. Unfortunately, the internet cannot display it on most days. On the odd days that it does I am extremely happy. I wish there are other ways where I can find what the gospel reading is for the day. But I do love your site very much.
Thank you. More power to Sacred Space!
I use Sacred Space for daily prayer and I love it. Many times it gives me the words I need to hear. I especially like the inspiration from the Gospel message. Thank you for providing such a wonderful site to pray with.
I am perplexed at the sentence in your opening reflection today about God extending his hand of support to his broken-hearted Son in the Garden of Gethsemane. If his Son was brokenhearted, why did he have to do this at all? His “hand of support” could have been simply, “let’s call it off.” This is one aspect of our religion I just don’t understand. It would seem no father would ask his son to do this. Please help!
I am from a different Christian background, but I was delighted to find in the daily prayers of Sacred Space that certain somethong I failed to find elsewhere after seeking regular devotional prayers in many sources and two languages. Thank you for providing a refreshing, theologically houghtful place to meet Christ in His gentleness to our pain and need, even as He challenges us to grow. Your work means so much to me. Thank you, and be blessed in Him!
Thankyou, I have not visited for some months, but will do so again more regularly as this provides a good basis for a space of prayer and reflection, a chance to draw nearer to the Lord. Many thanks for this daily opportunity. Much appreciated.
Hi would it be possible that the content of sacred space is written in a colour that is easy to read? The grey.. purple is not very visible on a white background .tnx
Dear Sacred Space,
Sadly once again Living Space is in a time warp locked into the page for October 3, 2019 when on clicks on the Living Space link at the foot of Page 1.
This necessitates piggybacking from that page to later pages by clicking on the last date in the right hand column.
To say the least, this process detracts somewhat from the prayerful nature of Sacred Space and Living Space in particular.
I am truly grateful for Sacred Space as an integral part of my prayer life but I would appreciate someone giving attention to this recurring problem.
May God bless all concerned with the work of Sacred Space,
Terry
Sunday’s Gospel. Zacchaeus; a short man who learnt to stand his ground.
Lord knows I can feel so short in your colossus; thank you Sacred Space for being part of the ground I feel my faith can stand on.
And Christ guide me in the time of trial.
Congratulations on keeping this ministry going for 20 years. Long may it continue
I’m so glad to come back to this site after many years away! Love and Peace!
I love this site, and have enjoyed it for some time now.
Recently I have been having difficulty reading.
Would it be possible to include a ‘speak’ to your site, so that
those who are unable to read for some reason, can still enjoy
the blessings of this site by listening to the readings.
Thankyou for this beautiful space in my life.
Hello,
Thank you Sacred Space for providing a daily guide for prayer and reflection. One suggestion: can you show the Saint day/feast each day? A link to their biography is helpful, but not necessary. It’s wonderful to learn more about the Saints as they are models for us as we pray and grow deeper in faith.
Blessings,
Joe
Bless you all for all you give to us which we receive with great gratitude. Your thinking faith leads us through all the ups and downs of life, sustaining us in a constancy of love for the Lord, especially when we stray from a firm belief that if we get on with what we have to do it allows the Lord to do His will for us – so, we ‘get out of the way’!! What do I love thee lord for then? For being my king and my lord Amen!
Blessings on your work. I share from your space regularly.
Cannot thank you enough for Sacred Space. So blessed that this Catholic resource has been a regular part of my life since it’s inception back in 1999. Prayer often for all of you at Sacred Space and for those who visit this site. You are an incredible gift.
Thank you so Much for this Space!..I not long ago made the First Spiritual Exercises and have used this wonderful prayer site daily since then. I look forward to the first half hour of each day spent here. Thank you again.
I want to thank you for your ministry of prayer. While I am not Catholic, your site has played a big part in sustaining me through some hard spiritual times and been instrumental in my growing closer to our Lord.
May “The Lord bless you and keep you;
The Lord make his face to shine on you,
And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift his countenance upon you,
And give you peace.”
I just love this website. I come to it every day as it offers spiritual food and drink of the highest order. Thank you. God’s blessings on you all.
I truly find Sacred Space a sanctuary in my day. I see the advent retreat2018 and was wondering if there is something equivalent for Lent 2019?
So happy that you use so many languages. I take Portugese reflections to my elderly, hospitalized neighbour, and bring tears of joy to her eyes. God bless you.
So that you know how wide is your influence:
I am not Catholic, and probably don’t qualify as Christian under most people’s definitions. Yet I have for years found great help here…from the structure, and many of your guiding words.
Thanks to Ignatius for being a brilliant, psychologically-attuned visionary. Thanks to all of you for bringing his approach to us in user-friendly form.
Sacred Space brings me closer to God every day. It has been my daily refuge since 2000.
Thank you for this most blessed website. It provides me with spiritual food and drink in abundance! I never go hungry or thirsty after my daily meal of Sacred Space – am totally refreshed always.
Thank you for all the hard work and clear, detailed interpretations and analysis of the biblical texts. Much appreciated. God Bless you all always.
I’m used to visiting the Sacred Space every day and it always brings me a hint into my spiritual life. Thank you and the Lord for this service!
I am really happy to have found this website and endeavor to use it every day; it is clear, concise and helpful. God bless.
Thank you, and thank you for all you do.
Thank you for your great work. I would be lost without it.
I love this site and the information you give on the readings, I have used it for a number of years now.
Thank you for your work and time to publish this wonderful prayer tool. I use Sacred Space every morning to start my day being conscious of my God who loves me and is always there for me, gently guiding me – my friend, my guide.
Thank you so much for being a huge blessing in my life.
I am happy and grateful to have found this website. It helps me in an easy way to remember and identify the presence of God and to start the day with being centered in the heart. Thank You for your work!
Friday’s Gospel…’And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also’… a place in Sacred Space, thank you for helping us to be.
Thank you for this beautiful and meaningful way to pray. It has really helped me take the time to be still and meet with God. I appreciate the calm music which is so helpful as well, and the thoughtful prayers and Scripture readings to remind us of God’s truth.
Thank you so much for the prayers. They are a fountain of recreation and deep reflection for me. I am absolutely grateful for the reflections you give and especially for the retreats. God bless you for this.
Thank you very ever so much for today’s (April 11 2018) reflection. It was what I needed to understand.
Sacred Space provides wonderful reflections.
Happy Easter Tuesday! I was struck by the question Jesus posed in the conversation segment today, “what can I help you and what can I give you?” It made me throw back the question to Jesus while praying and ask Him, “Jesus, how can I help spread your unconditional love and compassion in the world today and how can I express my overwhelming gratitude for answering all my prayers”? These questions will surely linger with for a while.
I’ve been partaking of your Lenten and Advent retreats for five or six years. This year’s reflection on Hagar, Abraham and Sarah was especially meaningful to me. In fact, I just completed the Conclusion and that session was the most meaningful to me of all. Thank you.
Thank you for creating this retreat for us. It helped me to have a Lenten experience like none I’ve had before and prepared me to take action as I emerge from this season.
Thank you. I was blessed through this retreat and received insight in my journey with God.
Thank you very much for this beatiful retreat. I have never reflected much on the importance of wilderness in the scriptures and now, thanks to this retreat, I have a new subject to reflect on.
Thank you for the opportunity of meeting God through this retreat. The format, the music, the pace, the collection of scripture readings and how it was all woven together helped to facilitate my experience.
I work as a Priest in a custody in Sweden and often use your devotions in services with the interns. I am grateful for your work.
Hello. I love Sacred Space, been using since 2008 if not earlier. Its one of the best website in the world! God bless you and your colleagues. With every good wish.
Great clarity in Inspiration guide to today’s reading – John 3:16. With daylight savings starting today, I slept through and missed morning Mass. It’s nice to be able to go here to feed my faith with other believers and seekers.
Thank you for Sacred Space. I have been blessed by your website. The time I spend with God here is a blessing.
The reflection on for Sunday March 11th was an eye opener for me. I have many loved ones who are not of my faith but are good souls. I just pray for their return so that we can all be “One” as the Father is in Jesus and Jesus is in Him.
The sacred space helps me a lot with my daily prayer.
Thanks for this website! God bless.
Dear friend in Jesus, I am a Divine Word Missionary Scholastic. I would like to express my appreciation on your commentary. It is greatly useful to enhance my spiritual journey. I have found your website three years ago. Thank you for this valuable website.
Thank you so much for Sacred Space! Especially when travelling I really find it a sacred space. The “something to think about” section about being a pilgrim really spoke to me.
Your Spanish language page, Espaciosagrado.com has become a daily exercise of my morning and my life. Thank you.
Thank you for Sacred Space! It’s truly a gift from God.
Jesus explains the ‘feeding of the masses’ today to the disciples. Sacred Space “The Lord Of The Future is already present among them”, He is thankfully amongst us too. “For man does not live on bread alone but every word that God speaks.” Jesus broke the bread, thank you for presenting the Word.
I’m dipping my toe in the water of renewal on the Sacred Space site. I’ve been away from the practice of my faith for some time and I find the guided prayer and scripture reading easy to follow and reflect on.
Dear Irish Jesuits, Thank you for this wonderful website and a daily opportunity for me to absorb the fruits of your labour. Being temporarily homebound, it is a blessing to read your commentaries each morning and to receive the spiritual nourishment you generously provide. May our good God continue to bless you now and always.
I am a Baptist Minister and have been blessed for some time with your Sacred Space app. Thank you for your thoughtful and spiritual guidance for prayer. I always feel stilled, refreshed and re-oriented towards God through the experience.
I have found Christ in my life through Sacred Space. I cannot get through my daily routine without these prayers which bring me encouragement and trust in Jesus Christ my Savior. These prayers have changed my life forever. The prayers give me the courage to face my day to love and forgive others and show compassion for those who need me. My soul is at peace when I read Sacred Space prayers every day. Thank you so much.
I give thanks to the Lord for the blessing Sacred Space has become in my life – for the words of wisdom, the guidance, encouragement and even challenges in my prayer life. May the Lord continue to bless and guide you!
I agree with Father Fagan in that “Love one another as I have loved you” is a challenging line in Scripture. Indeed for all Christians “Love your enemies….” is the most challenging, and then “Love one another as I have loved you” becomes the means to that end.
For the last year I have used Sacred Space on my Kindle.
Thank you for this daily prayer message! Thanks be to God and praise his holy name.
Thank you Sacred Space. When I am feeling anxious this site helps me to find peace and contentment. I can do all things in Him who gives me strength.
Thank you for the service your bring us.
Thank you for your daily prayers. May I wish you all a very happy, peaceful and holy 2018.
Thank you for this site and the commentaries, which have helped me understand the Gospels and readings more deeply and thus allowing me to live my faith. May the Lord bless and keep all associated with this site as well as those who frequent it.
I have used the Advent and Lenten mini-retreats to enhance my daily prayer during these sacred seasons. I carve out extra time in them from my day and I always get so much from them. I am so thankful for the wisdom and insight the writers of these retreats share with us. It deepens my experience of these special seasons in our liturgical year.
As always, I go through the Advent Retreat, with a sense of joy and I find myself looking forward more to the retreat than to Christmas, but then Christmas Carols start and there is more joy. Thank you and God bless all at Sacred Space.
Just wanted to say thank you for a wonderful Advent Retreat! I enjoyed every sweet and quiet moment it provided my soul! Again, thank you and may God continue to bless your ministry abundantly!
Thank you for this beautiful Retreat. It gave me opportunity to stop the busyness and give time to reflection and prayer. The softly spoken voice and the gentle music were very conducive to contemplation. I will remember especially the times offered to listen to Jesus and the messages of real joy. May you be truly blessed.
I really value the retreat, it was just long enough and made you stop and think and reflect and I wanted to thank you for it and all your work on Sacred Space.
Love Sacred Space, including the Prayer Book, Kindle edition, So need it for travelling!
The Life Ascending movement for men and women in their middle to late age nutures spirituality, friendship and positive mission of older people. I greatly valued the reflection for December 2017. I will draw on these words for our web site and for putting across the message of our movement. Sacred Space is greatly appreciated.
Thank you for both your meditations and scripture discussions. I am blessed by your work, which bring peace, tranquility, and a God centering prayer experience into my life each day.
Several times since a serious health issue in 1999 made daily visits to Sacred Space my first stop of the day have the reflections on the day’s Scripture been like a personal call from God. Today was one of those days. My sincere thanks to the writer who spoke of living in the present moment. Steadily increasing health problems facing me and my spouse have steadily melted down to a manageable size since I read that and talked with God about it.
Whenever I feel daunted with so much work I make sure I start my day by going to Sacred Space. The prayer guidance enables me to start my day with assurance that the Holy Spirit will always be there as a source of strength to help me handle the challenges of the day. Thank you so much. May God continue to bless the people behind this website.
Ignatian spirituality and retreats have have been formational for me and my ministry. Sacred Space bring Jesus to my bedside each morning and reminds me who I am really am and refreshing me in his love and his purpose. Thank you Jesuits for your continued blessing and your wonderful online ministry.
Thank you for my days beginning with you inspiring words every day. Your space carries me through every daylight, bless all of you. God bless us all.
Thank you for the opportunity to enter Sacred Space wherever I am.
Our dear Lord, through Sacred Space, answers all our prayers. We have moments though when we don’t seem to get it. We feel barren even in our prayer. Time and again, Sacred Space has come across clearly, inspiring, reconnecting us with our Lord. Through Sacred Space, our hearts open, then we hear anew…Thank you.
“Be uprooted and planted in the sea”…Thank you Sacred Space, for being planted, in the ocean of our hearts and minds.
Dear Brothers! Thanks for your “daily bread”.
Thank you for this beautiful site. The prayers give me great energy and hope.
I love your app!
Greetings. I have just been reintroduced to Sacred Space. Today I am grateful we are all here together – being of the Kingdom/Reign of God. I think I am understanding the meaning of God’s Kingdom in a clearer light. Blessings.
Hi, the Living Space section helps strengthen my understanding of the daily bible reading texts.
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to use your site; which I have been doing for a while. I know in my heart that it is a great help to me personally and others who use it. God bless you for making it available.
Many thanks for this beautiful prayer space. I have relished it for more than 20 years, wherever I am in the world.
Thank you for the many graces in support and challenge, that through you God gives me (and us) every day. After several years of our walk together, I am compelled to write about how the day’s reading has blessed me…with the Lord alongside of me, my awareness and connection with my companion made the difference. God bless you and your grace filled work.
The comments for the daily reading of today, Sunday, October 15 are very helpful. Truly explanatory and inspiring. Thank you.
Thank you Fathers for your daily prayers. If today’s reflection on the Martha and Mary Gospel is also a new format with all on same page and commentary on the gospel, well…I like it. God bless all of you for your dedication, it brings our Lord and the reality of others lives and petitions into our hearts. We are blessed by your efforts every day.
I read this site first thing in the morning. I feel God’s presence in your prayers and it stays with me. I feel a kinship with all who prayed here and include them in mine.
Thank you for restoring the Living Space section that had been missing for a while. Over the years I have been relying on it to learn more about my faith.
I come to Sacred Space every day and learn and (I hope) grow from reading Living Space. Thank you for this site that unites God and his people day in and day out all over the world. God bless you!
To all at Sacred Space. It has been wonderful to be able to enjoy Sacred Space for many years, I wish to thank you for being able to do so.
God bless all of you who read this, for my thanks is from my heart to the Sacred Heart of Jesus who guides me through life along with your help…Thank God for all of you.
Over the years I have found the daily commentaries in Living Space help me to better understand the readings.
Love the site and the daily commentaries.
Thank you so much for your prayers. I have never reached such a deepness and happiness in prayer. They have helped me to get into a deep and honest contact with the Lord Jesus. So, thank you once more.
It occurred to me today that I have been taking Sacred Space for granted. So, I offer my deepest gratitude to to all who make it possible. Do know that your efforts have influenced my life.
I truly value every aspect of Sacred Space. It is a wonderful basis for my prayer life. Many thanks for the grace of your work.
Feel so close to Jesus on the bus to work, or where ever I travel in the world; even up the mountains in New Zealand – being part of God’s people and word throughout the world; here so far away in a small place at the outer reaches of the South Pacific. So helpful the wisdom and Church learning providing context, and understanding of the word. Thank you so much.
First thing I do each morning is to pray with your site. I feel closer to God after reading your meditations and thank you for providing this site.
Thank you for your wonderful commentaries which have inspired me over the years.
Thank you for this simple way of getting back into a daily prayer routine. It is now the way I start my day and brings me into a closer more trusting relationship to my Heavenly Father. The notes on the scripture passage are helpful too. Thank you for the time you put into this outreach work.
Love your site.
I use your site daily.
I enter this website every day: I begin each day praying with Sacred Space. It helped me 11 years ago when my beloved wife died. Sacred Space is established as homepage on my computer.
Thank you for keeping us close to the Father, and for Sacred Space.
Praying with Sacred Space has helped a lot during the past fifteen years. I’m much closer to God, to Jesus now. Thank you and all those who have made this marvellous site.
I am truly grateful for Sacred Space which is an integral and much loved part of my prayer life. May our God bless you and the work you do.
Thank you for what you do. Your work brings God’s Peace to me. Just as He intended. Bless you.
Thank you.
Thank you Sacred Space. Your prayer site has allowed me to begin my day in prayer. AMDG!
I appreciate these daily reflections. Gratefully in Christ!
Thank you for the good work of this site.
Dear Jesuits, thank You so much for this website – my daily breakfast! The Our Father – 7 petitions a detailed analysis has really challenged me. I say this prayer by rote and fast without ever meditating on the petitions – made me think of how far I fall short of the Lord’s request. Thank You and please keep us fed. God Bless.
Your website has brought me back into putting time aside to pray each day. The daily prayer which I start with brings me into the presence of God which stays with me throughout the day. This is the first time I have prayed a Novena which I do fairly regularly now. I add the prayers of friends and my own requests to the Chapel of intentions with confidence and pray for the intentions of others listed. Thank you!
This is my first time at this site! How amazing it was for me. I’ve done the 3 minute retreats but this helped me so much. I will be using it every day. I thank God every day for the angels He sends to help me stay on the true path, to pray more intensely and to bond with my Lord.
Thank you for this wonderful site, which has helped me understand the scriptures for many years and given me respite throughout my days. May God bless all who work for and with this site, and the people visiting it.
Thank you for the inspiring work that you do. Keep up the good work.
Please thank everyone who works on this site for their profound and spirit-filled assistance! This site is my first and most important reading of the Scriptures and an explanation of what they mean. Today’s Scripture talks about giving your life for your fellow humans. Each of you is a testament to this precept from God our father and Jesus Christ his son. God bless you and keep you in his loving care!
Your site is my daily education in understanding the scriptures. God bless you and your vital work.
Thank you for creating this calming website for all of us to enjoy.
It is a wonderful website, I really like it.
Following this retreat made me sit and make time for God in my daily, busy life. Listening to Fr James Martin’s words thoughtfully helped me to reflect both on the crucifixion and on my own life circumstances. I am grateful that I was guided to the website from Sacred Space.
I use this website each and every day.
Thank you for this lovely retreat. I found it very helpful to pray and be closer to Jesus.
This Lenten retreat was nourishing on a variety of levels. The most important for me was the invitation to come to know Jesus through his suffering – and be open to his awareness of my own suffering. Thank you for your efforts in adapting Fr. Martin’s book for this retreat offering. The opportunity to repeat the same word/phrase over several days allowed for a deeper and wider experience than what I normally have when mediating on these words on just Good Friday. Thank you!
This retreat is the first one I have managed to complete. It was really good. I got a lot out of it. Thank you.
This year’s Lenten retreat helped make the terrible suffering of the death and crucifixion more real, focusing on the humanity of Christ in order to explain his divine mission, i.e revealing the Father’s love.
I chose to make the retreat all in one day, Holy Saturday, and I found it to be a very, peaceful, encouraging experience. To know that Jesus is with me in everything I do and experience gives me the strength to face all my problems and sorrows. I know He understands what I am going through each day. The music and the pace of the reflection was perfect, a calming exercise in the midst of a busy life.
Thank you once again for this prayerful retreat. The music, tone of voice assist in leading into prayer. It was such an enriching prayerful retreat. Thank you for making it possible.
Thank you for a very inspiring retreat. I hope to go back to each session and spend more time on it. May you continue to share your deep spirituality with me and all the world. A very blessed and joy filled Easter.
Sacred Space, that room where I can go to and encounter our Lord, anytime, anywhere. Thank you.
I love this, use it once a week.
This is an awesome website, the best site ever.
Our class does this each and every morning and it relaxes me.
Sacred Space – thanks for being an anchor, and sail, in my spirit.
I am very grateful for your wonderful site.
Dear Jesuits, thank you for this website. So well theologically researched, I can’t wait to wake up in the morning and log on. God Bless you all for all your knowledge and sharing via this site. It has truly enriched my life and continues to do so day by day.
Thanks a lot, this is an amazing site. I started using this site to prepare my homily as a deacon and even now as a priest it has been helpful. It is really theologically rooted and speaks to the heart in simple language, I have recommended it to my brother priests. God bless your noble efforts in spreading the Word.
Thank you.
I am very grateful for all the work you put into Sacred Space, Living Space, and the 3 Minute Retreat specifically. They make up a big part of my daily devotions.
God bless everyone associated with this Spirit-filled site. My wife and I have used it for the last ten or eleven years and it is wonderful! God bless you all and may you continue in His service!
I wanted to continue the conversations with my Lord that I had developed during a profound eight day Ignition retreat. Sacred Space provides me with the daily opportunity. Thank you Sacred Space – for welcoming me into your community of Love and Acceptance.
I’ve just discovered this site recently. It has become a mainstay for my personal prayer in the morning. I’m grateful for how it helps me to focus and stay connected, something I’ve often not done well. This site is truly a work of holiness. I deeply appreciate it. A humble ‘thank you.’
I thoroughly enjoy the Sacred Space that I receive and its links.
Last year I found a copy of Sacred Space, The Prayer Book. It meant so much to me that this year I have purchased this year’s Prayer Book and am already enjoying it for my evening prayers.
Thank you for the particular relevance of today’s Sacred Space.
Thank you for this beautiful website and service. I try to look every day for inspiration and peace and to find meaning and perspective when so much around me seems to not make sense. Thank you and bless you!
This is the second time I have used this site. I use it when I have been stressed and found comfort in reading the prayers. I get the Sacred Heart Messenger every month. This is another way to share in its work.
I love this site.
This is a great series of websites and apps, and really something to be proud of. Keep up the good work!
The three minute retreat…..really like the quiet, prayerful time.
Thank you.
The three minute retreat, really like it as a source of reflection and quiet prayer.
I have been using the commentaries on the readings in Living Space for many years as reflections for our SVP meetings.
I was very excited to see an app for Sacred Space. I have been praying with Sacred Space since 1999, and am happy that it is still available and growing. I have recommended it to many people. Merry Christmas and Thank You!
Thank you for making me happy. I love this site.
I appreciate your commentaries and always find inspiration for reflection and contemplation.
Christ speaks to us, words of life, of love and of truth. Thank you Sacred Space for being a part of His Word.
Hello, I thank you from the bottom of my soul for the daily readings and prayers. I never miss an opportunity to share in this gift. I am drawn to the opening like a child getting breakfast, I look forward to awakening to see what the Lord has in store for us today! God bless you and pray for us all!
Thank you for this most wonderful site which I use every morning. I feel the Lord is speaking directly to me in the reflections. Your site is certainly a gift from God and it uplifts my spirit in so many ways. May you all receive many blessings from the Lord for the wonderful work you are doing. God bless.
I really enjoyed your website. I feel like reading through the separate prayers or pages gave me peace and had me thinking deeper about multiple events in my life. Thank you.
I have recently returned to the church after having lapsed for over 30 years. My return was in the main due to the very kindly response given by my local priest, to my wife as she lay on her death-bed. No recriminations for not attending church, no questions. He demonstrated a truly Christian and loving attitude to the sick and dying. What an example of a real holy man. Just his devotion to our religion spurred me to re-adjust my attitude and return to the Faith. I am now attempting to reinforce that and feel I am succeeding, by joining in with the Sacred Space.
Thank you for this sacred space and spiritual mirror, God’s gift of peace is here. Bless you all.
I now visit this day every day. I appreciate the ability that I now have to pray and reflect. Thank you.
Today’s message was fantastic, maybe because I agree with it. I’m sure it has happened to me often. Thank you so much for Sacred Space. I am 89 and active, but have a lot of time to pray. God Bless You all!
Thank you for this contemplation. It is another way I can stop and reflect, pause and pray.
I find Sacred Space a great resource for prayer.
I love this site.
This is one of my favorite sites. Please thank everyone involved in this great ministry a big “thank you.” God bless you and keep you in his loving care.
I am truly grateful for Sacred Space. Thanks.
Many thanks for the daily prayer portion of your site, I have been utilising it routinely for about three years now and I can now look back and see fruit from it.
Thanks for your ministry Sacred Space, for your standing.
Thank you for the reflection by Marina on the beautiful insight that as we tend to the growth of love, there will be less room for the growth of weeds in our life.
I really liked the reflection for the week of August 21, 2016, Thanks!
Sacred Space is my door to my quiet place where, surely, I will meet the Holy One. Each encounter makes me grow in his love, seeing him in others, in all things.
Sometimes it makes me laugh out loud (at myself) which is good. Today this statement cracked me up: “God loves the chaos that is you.” I found it in the section called “Scripture as a Searchlight.” That’ll be running through my mind all day…if God can love the chaos that is me, I can at least try to accept my chaos and also the chaos that is another person.
I truly love this app.
Thank you again to the various people behind this wonderful ministry.
Thank you for your prayer today. It must have been designed for me. I was worried about a couple of things and it has helped me to put them in perspective. Back in the early 2000’s, I used to come on most days and always felt the prayer helped me.
Thank you for the space for our daily process of meditation. I find that the structure provided helps me quickly focus on the scriptures and prayers to start off the day. I hope you will continue your wonderful work here in virtual reality. Again, thanks so much.
I have come back to Sacred Space after a gap of many years. I have just finished 31 days of Spirituality for July the month of Ignatius and I was sad when it was finished, I just remembered about Sacred Space and am back reading daily and getting wonderful comfort. Long may it continue and long may you all continue to bring comfort and joy to so many.
I know that God is beyond full comprehension of my limited mind but I do know that he loves and cares for me each day of my life and that is what matters to me. Thank you to all of you who are responsible for this site.
I find this reflection very valuable. Thank you.
A wonderful reassuring and realigning for me to the taste of God’s love for me, for us.
Sacred Space is an important part of my day. Thank you for providing this.
Keep up the good work! Your site is a valuable one.
Dear Irish Jesuits! My spiritual director put me onto Sacred Space many years ago and I have appreciated your ministry so much for its nourishment. Thank you for this grace-filled service and your generosity! God bless always!
I am very grateful to be able to begin my day with Sacred Space and Living Space. Thank you and may God bless you all for this ministry.
Thank you for this wonderful reflection guide. May God bless all those who prepare them.
I would like to thank the creators of Sacred Space. Since I found this site it has brought me so much understanding of the word each day and peace as I pray. My life now would be incomplete without it. Thank you again.
Thank you. I feel so much closer to God. I can feel His presence when praying in this way.
All these resources are excellent. It is helpful as I live alone and don’t have many friends who pray with me.
I appreciate the Sunday scripture meditations and especially Sunday 7/24/16. The explanation of the Our Father prayer became more personal to me even though I have been reciting it for some 78 years. I take Holy Communion to the homebound in our parish and use the reflections for the clients and myself to better understand the Gospel. Thank you.
I appreciate this prayer aide so much, the music is calming and centers me. The guided meditation is a wonderful way to spend quality and authentic time with God. I treasure these moments.
I have used this site to pray for a couple of years and find it very helpful. The Jesuit spirituality is wonderful and suits me well. Thank you Irish Jesuits.
Thank you for the website. It is an ideal place to start your day!
Thank you for this wonderful resource.
Thank you for the wonderful reflection on the 14th Sunday readings. I feel so energised by those words of wisdom. God bless all involved in this Sacred Space.
I’ve visited Sacred Space daily for more than 20 years now, I think. Through it, I sincerely believe that I have come to know Christ more clearly, love Him more dearly and follow Him more nearly. Through this process, I have also come to know and experience the love of the Father more fully so that I desire more than anything to share that love with others. In short, it seems to me that lectio divina has started me down the path to saintliness, though it has also helped me appreciate how far I have to go. Thank you, therefore, for maintaining this site and Living Space, which I also visit daily.
This site serves to be one of the few that help people maintain a healthy mind and soul, and strengthen their will to work and fight together with Jesus in this world. This site is like a well, where people come by, drink from it, and be revitalised. With God’s grace, I am certain this site will be maintained well. Thank you to all who contribute to the maintenance work. God bless you.
May God bless everyone associated with producing this material, which is so wonderful and meaningful! Thank you so much for the time and diligence required to produce this material. May God continue to bless the site and the people who work on it. It, along with Pray as you go, form two of the most important spiritual materials that I use to stay on the path.
I have been using this site for my morning prayers for about two years and only today discovered the wealth of excellent resources when I clicked the “Guide” button on the top right of the page. What a discovery! An unbelievable amount of work and dedication goes into this website. Thank you, thank you!
Hello, hardly a day goes by that i do not read your commentaries. They have truly been an inspiration to me over the years. Thanks for all you do.
Dear Sacred Space, may God bless all of you for this International Site of prayers. Your site gives so many blessings to all of us, especially my peers and myself. Our Pastor for Lent 1999 told us about your site. Your ministry and site continue to be our source and resource for solace, retreat and growth as People of God.
Love your commentaries and read them every day. Thanks, God Bless.
Thank you once again for this wonderful daily prayer which I use daily. Thank you for all the work and prayer that goes into these daily meditations. I am truly grateful.
This site is a gift from God to me, thank you Lord.
Dear Jesuits, thank you so much for this very inspiring Sacred Space. The commentaries so reflect and provide helpful words for daily living – all from very well researched scriptural passages day to day. I am so grateful for enriching my life! God Bless
A little bit of heaven. Thank you.
Sacred Space is an internet gem. Thanks so much.
I love the gentle fine-tuning I receive on this site. It’s a wonderful start to the day, and a great way to get back in touch with yourself and with God and ‘back on track’ whenever one feels a bit ‘off.’ I love all the different languages that are offered. I think the language you grew up speaking is the language of your soul. Thank you for this daily ‘mini-retreat.’
I try to visit this site every day and when I don’t I feel that something is missing in my day. Thank you for the comfort that this site brings to me and so many others.
Sacred Space is food for my soul. Thanks for helping me pray, reflect and grow. May God bless you all.
The past weeks have been a trial. Anxiety, hyper vigilant and sleepless with racing thoughts. Been plagued with this most of my 69 years. I thank God daily for this “Sacred, Safe Space.” It has been literally a life saver since the time the Holy Spirit brought me here. I ask your prayers for, especially Peace of mind. Thank you in advance.
Thank you for doing this! I am from a Southern Baptist background, and I really enjoy using Sacred Space for quiet times, and recommend it to other people. I also enjoy being able to use the site in other languages. My second language is French, and this is a pleasant and easy way to maintain fluency while nurturing my relationship with God. I have recommended this, for example, to returning missionaries, as an easy way to keep up that other language they were formerly immersed in. Thanks for all you do, and God bless your work for Him!
I try to read Scared Space every day after I read the scriptures of the day. I find it helps to explain the scripture in more detail, including the background of the scripture. The site aids me in understanding the time and culture that the scripture was written. It benefits me in many ways and I have recommended the site to many people. I also appreciated the Lenten Series in preparation of Easter and Pray as You Go. Thank you.
I visit this website most days and I find it so helpful and comforting when I am troubled. Thank you so much for providing this help to myself and so many others. God bless you all.
When I can’t sleep and the weary troubled world within and without tosses its waves, Sacred Space is a kind of lifeboat, a grounded spiritual community and presence that brings me closer to the shore. Thank you, to all who are part of this gentle inviting voice calling us deeper into the Mystery of Christ’s presence and love. To know others bear witness to this is a consolation one can hold to…I thank God for you tonight in my prayers.
Blessed Easter to all of you who make Sacred Space possible. Once again Sacred Space enriched my lent. Keep up the good work.
Blessings for this wonderful site. My daily comfort is found here. God bless.
Thank you for Sacred Space. I find it very uplifting.
I find the structure of the site and especially the wording of the comments soothing, thought provoking, insightful and comforting. My wife and I have followed this site for years. I have the link cited in my favorites bar on my browsers. That way I check Sacred Space as part of my regular routine. You have met a need.
This is indeed a great site for a daily personal reflection as we seek the mystery of Jesus. I believe the content and text you’re offering is anchored on our Catholic faith. More power to Sacred Space!
Many blessings to you for this inspiring website. I’ve been blessed so much especially by the comments in Living Space. My understanding and enlightenment has been overwhelming. It has helped me tremendously grow closer and deeper in love with our Lord.
“Remembering that I am still in God’s presence” says Sacred Space. Unfortunately I am not always tranquil or still, but part of me tries to be mindful of God’s and Christ’s presence, yes when I’m busy and absent too. Thanks again.
Thank you for this beautiful prayer site. Our prayer life is so full of daily distractions from outside with secular forces that this site is my way of evangelizing the faith especially with those that say they don’t have time. The app and the web site is an excellent way to start the day in prayer to fulfill God’s will for our day. Thank you for providing this holy site.
I love these pages. I used to use it daily but now not so often. I generally come when I want a lift, when I need help. It is very calming and I can prayerfully reflect without any distractions.
I love this site and visit daily. Thank you for providing such a blessing. Thank you again for all you do.
Here, I find peace. Pax in Jesus.
I love this site! I have been a fan for many years. I love Ignatian Spirituality as well. I get so much from the reflections and guides to Scripture; I thank you for the inspirations and help.
God bless your work and thank you so much!
In all my doubts and fears, God never fails to be present for me when I pray at Sacred Space. It is grace for me and I am grateful.
Thank you and God bless you. I have used the site on and off since 1999 and it is wonderful in its simplicity yet perfect depth for prayer.
I have accessed Living Space today and I liked the comments. Thank you.
The 3 minute retreat begins my day and it is always intelligent and significant. I am very grateful for what you do.
I come here for the peace, solace and comfort the readings give me. Bless those who built this place, maintain it and all who come here.
What a beautiful reading today about the sower! It makes me ever more mindful to listen and heed the word of Our Lord- to let His teachings take root in me and live on in my daily attitude and mindset. I am so very grateful for this website. It is how I begin each day…
I came to this site in 2009 shortly after the death of my son A by suicide. Since then my daughter S has died from cancer. I have always felt the love and support of our God through these years through my daily time on Sacred Space. I thank you all and pray for you that you are able to help and guide so many throughout the world every day. The new reflections are particularly effective and obviously from the heart of the writer. God bless all of you.
Thank you very much for making the Word available to all in a very concrete and relevant form. It is indeed a Living Word that nourishes our heart…mind…and daily life!
Thank you for this week’s reflection ‘Something to think about and pray about’. I find reassurance in the knowledge that small acts like being seen less, than more, to want to be quieter, not louder, and being deeply drawn to Mass are building blocks to slowly become a follower of Christ. Bless all of you who are behind this very important website.
Thank you Sacred Space for providing this wonderful site.
I just want to quickly say that Sacred Space has been life changing for me. The fact that I can be still in God’s presence prior to starting my day is truly a great blessing. This is such wonderful site that undoubtedly is touching many lives. I sincerely thank you and will make this part of my daily routine as much as I possibly can.
A few years back my Spiritual Director gave me the book version, this year I have moved to this format and find it easier as I can move at my own pace. Thanks.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I am extremely grateful for this sacred space. It keeps me centred and provides me for my special space with God.
Dear Jesuits, I am so very grateful for this website. It has enriched my spiritual life and continues to do so. What inspired commentary, background history, Hebrew and Greek and Aramaic interpretations and reflections – it is a definite daily must do. Thank you and please continue the good work of spreading the Good News. God bless always.
First day on…so looking forward to being a part of your faith family…thank you for a beautiful sacred space.
I have bought the Sacred Space Prayer Book 2016 which we used in daily prayer. Thank you for the reflections.
I’ve been praying with you for some years, daily. It keeps me sane, gives me strength. I’m not alone, am smiling. Thank God for you!
Dear Jesuits, just heard of your website and I think its great. Will be to your website every day.
Praying the Advent retreat you are running in partnership with Pray As You Go, I clicked onto your site. I could hardly believe you have been in my life for 16 years, and just have to give thanks for it all. I moved from London to rural Ireland in 2000, and remember how your site gave me stability; access to a spirituality I was familiar with while bedding in to the very different approach around me. I feel I have grown up with the site, and although I do not visit so often (preferring to listen to PAYG on my phone) I am always so glad that you are there, continuing to reach out all over the world, touching lives in so many different ways, ready to welcome me back again.
I have just found your website as I wanted to find a guide to daily prayer in Advent. I did not expect to find such a personal and uplifting guide on my journey through this season. I am benefiting greatly from my improved relationship with Spirit.
Thank you for your retreat! May God bless you now and throughout the year.
I have always found SacredSpace to be a beautiful site, simple and trustworthy, and a place of prayer and relationship with God. Thank you.
Thanks for your labour of love, I read Sacred Space daily.
Thanks, I know I have something to pray about every day coming to your site, and pray every day thanks to you. I also like the weekly reflection.
Every few years I renew my thanks to you for where I am because of you. I was led to Sacred Space in 1999, while my wife was still in a hospital, trying to recover from an event that changed our lives. I never miss a day here. God has led and taught and forgiven and loved me through what I have experienced through this ministry. My wife and I are living radically different retirements than we had envisioned. But I wonder if God would have had such an important presence in our lives, had it not changed so suddenly 16 years ago. There are many things I try to remember to thank God for often. One is what Sacred Space has meant to us.
I just spent and made time for Him. My heart is full of gratitude indeed! The readings today just filled my heart with more gratitude for where I am in my spiritual journey. Thank you for Sacred Space.
Today I literally ran to “Sacred Space” after the horrible events in Paris yesterday evening. God bless you folks for having a “Sacred Space” in can come to for healing, comfort and peace. Bless you again and again!! Via Con Dios.
I love this week’s thought that heaven is like our home, only better. Thank you.
Thank you with all my heart for your beautiful ‘Sacred Space’. I was lost, and afraid, filled with foreboding and fear. I spent time on Sacred Space today, and now my true life and love for Dear Almighty God is coming back to me. May God Bless you and keep you, Always…
My thanks and appreciation for this marvelous and meaningful book of Sacred Space.
Since discovering this peaceful site, I’ve prayed once. I loved the Scripture you got and put in the prayer. I got introduced to this from my Religion teacher. Usually we pray the Sacred Space inside our classroom, but today we go on this site and did this. I really liked this prayer. I think through this prayer I was connected to Jesus Christ throughout the course of this prayer. Thank you for the helpful and encouraging site.
My daily visit to your site for study and reflection is a useful time for my spiritual growth and to “be always ready with an answer for the hope in you.” God bless you.
Thank you for the inspiring words and the format of Sacred Space. A friend gave me a copy of the 2009 book and I have been using that ( the dates match 2015!) for almost a year as part of my morning meditation. I was ready to order the 2016 book when I decided to check out the on line version and was delighted to see the options – especially to easily print the meditations. Thank you again for this lovely way to start the day in Sacred Space.
Thank you all for the beautiful new reflections each day. Your words really touch my heart and draw me even more into God’s love. God bless all of you.
Your website is inspiring and thought-provoking. I especially like the definition of sin, “Sin is the failure to bother to love. Sin is not simply the things we do but also the things we fail to do,” by Gerald M. Fagin, SJ. (Something to think and pray about this week). We often hear, ‘sin is the failure to love,’ but adding the words ‘to bother’ opens a whole new dimension – at least for me.
I just stumbled onto this site while looking for sermon inspiration…what a gift! The music added was so helpful, too. Thank you so much! It has added peace to my life.
Thank you…you bring great peace to my day…thank you.
A few weeks ago, the Sunday mass readings were about having the wisdom to pray and know God, and if you do not have the have the wisdom or know how to pray, then pray that God will give it to you. Well, I did pray and God gave me this Sacred Space site. I thank God for this and I also thank the creators of it.
I found Sacred Space ten years ago this fall when I was in great fear and pain, and it helped to keep me going. I’ve often been prodigal, but each time I return it welcomes me just as Jesus promises the Father does. Thank you for providing such a gentle and thoughtful way to begin or end a day, or to retreat for a few moments from confusion.
Today I pray for all of my brothers and sisters who suffer in this world. For the thousands who have lost loved ones and for those who have had to leave their homes because of conflict. I know that when compared to you my life is easy. I pray that those who suffer will find peace. Thank you Sacred Space.
I have been a user and follower of Sacred Space now for years and I absolutely love it. It’s the way I begin my mornings when I’m not running out to meetings or appointments. I use Pray as You Go almost exclusively and love the music. Blessings in the Lord to you all.
I have only just started using Sacred Space. Like so many others I am finding this site so therapeutic to my well-being and spiritual growth. Reading and reflecting on the scriptures adds clearer and deeper understanding for me. I love it. God bless you all.
I have been using Sacred Space as part of my daily meditation for almost a year now and it has helped me to begin my day with study and reflection.
Dear Sacred Space Team, thank you for your 15+ years of dedication. I only recently returned to your website these past few weeks. I was a regular visitor some 10 years ago, now. I found today’s reading was a good reminder about freedom. For me, I realised during meditation on the reading, the freedom I need is from fear. Something for me to work on. With Christ’s help, naturally.
Thank you once again.
With Sacred Space, you are providing a wonderful community where we can pray for each other and support each others’ prayers, thanksgiving and praise. It means a lot to many people, the Chapel of Intentions helps me to think of other people’s worries and to pray for them instead of only thinking of my own needs. Please continue to do this wonderful work and thank you for your prayers. It is really challenging me to live my life in accordance with Jesus’ teaching, which is not easy. Having the wonderful support of daily readings, prayers and chapels makes a big difference to sinners like me!
I am a Baptist Pastor serving in Halifax Nova Scotia. Today I began a search for an online Christian spiritual support site. When I found Sacred Space it was an instant match to my personality and needs. Now, I am committing myself to its daily disciplines to fit into my daily rule of life. Blessings.
I love Sacred Space and have grown using the website. I also wanted to say how helpful are the guide and the need inspiration links. Blessings.
I have been using “Sacred Space” as the prayer basis of my morning routine since 2000. I first was led to it while searching for a prayerful, scripture based morning meditation. As a native American (Blackfoot Nation) Christian I find the teachings in Sacred Space to be in total harmony with my entire faith life. The challenges presented has led me to growth as God’s child and Christ’s disciple.
This site has been one of my chief means of involving other Catholic Christians in my prayer and thanksgiving life. God bless Sacred Space!
I am an Irish woman living for the past 40 years in The Netherlands and married to a Dutchman. Last year my husband decided to convert to the Catholic religion. Together we followed the courses at our church and as part of these courses Sacred Space was one of the site I came to know. It has since then been a very important part of my daily life. I find it so special the time I spend here. I turn my thoughts in peace and quiet to God and to my own life and how I live it, but also my failings and the need for help in leading a better life. I get so much comfort from Sacred Space and hope to do so for as long as possible. Always consoled and never left cold. Thank you.
Like many here, I came to the site on the recommendation of a friend. For that, I am grateful.
I cannot find words to express my appreciation of this means of prayer. I thank God for the initiators and managers of this site. I enjoy particularly the Chapel of Intentions, where I pray with others and they pray for me too. All intentions I have asked God through this site have been responded to. I thank God for communion in prayers. May God bless you all and continue to fill us with this hope.
I just recently found Sacred Space through another person at my church. This is exactly what I need. I was praying but I had had no direction. Even at my age (71) I wasn’t satisfied with my prayer life. Sacred Space has helped me to focus, understand, and enjoy my prayer life more. Thank you.
The picture is so peaceful that you put on the start of your prayer web page. I like to start by looking at it and end by looking at it.
What a beautiful site. I love the focus on scripture, the gentle guidance on the 3 minute retreat, the photos, and knowing that no matter what that God truly loves…thank you and prayers offered for all our brothers and sisters and all who visit here.
Thank you for your Sacred Space for all of us, around our Earth. Fortunately, our Pastor introduced Sacred Space to us in Lent 1999. Your site has grown over the years and helped us to grow with the spiritual gifts of God and influenced my and untold others’ lives and souls. God’s ways of speaking to us, are immeasurable, beyond our human needs, but so often, this is where God seems to start with us, via your ways of sharing The Living Word. Thank you!
I’d like to thank you. I find Sacred Space helpful and inspiring. Keep it alive. It is a good thing. Thank you so much.
Thanks for all the great you do for all of us. Peace.
I feel truly blessed now as I came across this website. I feel so close to God now. This is a wonderful website. Sacred Space has helped me to focus and pray with more meaning, reflecting on my prayer and the scripture for the day. Thank you everyone for helping us to connect to our Heavenly Father! Praise the Lord!
Praised be God for you who make this site available. It is a great comfort in hard times, when I am alone and discouraged. Here I touch base again and find peace. God bless you all.
One of the positives of being retired after an enjoyable and fulfilling professional life, is, I have more time to reflect.on the very beautiful thoughts expressed in this space. My days now are not complete without starting it with Sacred Space. Thank you.
Thank you for Sacred Space. Even as a non-Catholic, it offers me a means of prayer and peace to help me through these difficult times.
I check in most days. I’ve grown so much to love Jesus by your site and insight. Thanks for your words from Jesus directly to my heart.
Sacred Space continues to inspire! Blessings on all those who work behind the scenes to make this website possible.
I’m here because of my godfather told me about the website. I’m happy. I read beautiful things, thank you.
Began my early morning prayers. Then it was time for my Sacred Space. It truly was a Sacred Space for me.
Sacred Space is my daily source of inspiration. I especially appreciate the “need inspiration” reflections as well as the chance to be still.
I am not a practicing Catholic or Christian but your guided prayer is a constant source of strength and comfort. No matter the size of the storm or if it’s just another day, Sacred Space has provided healing and peace. Thank you!
I really value the quotes from “Something to think and pray about this week,” and reading the words from Pope Francis’ book, Walking with Jesus, today felt like hearing words from an insightful spiritual director, personally guiding me. Thank you for offering this ministry of Sacred Space and making it so accessible.
I value Sacred Space highly and it is a great source of prayerful reflection for which I am truly grateful.
I treasure Sacred Space and Living Space as an important part of my prayer life particularly in trying to fulfill the message in the current thought for the week. Thank you for the have you provide.
I have just been reading the commentary you provided on ‘The Beatitudes’- it really is so very inspiring and a tough call to reality especially in this day and age. Ever since I discovered Livingspace I feel bereft if I don’t access it daily. I thank you so much also because of tough times I have been through with 2 family bereavements in the last 12 months. I found this website and its helpful content consoling and comforting. God Bless
Thanks to all the Jesuits for bringing us such useful websites. A Faithful participant.
I find this site very helpful.
I really love the Scared Space site, so thank you so much. I cherish the commentaries especially on the first reading. Many thanks.
You have changed my life! Very helpful page, where I can connect to Jesus and God! I am thankful that it exists and thank you for renewing it every day.
I find this site so helpful, like a friend whom I trust, who will be there when I need to talk – want to hear – from the Church, from the Lord. This is one of the places I always go. Thanks.
Just want to thank you for Gerard Manley Hopkins poem “The Blessed Virgin Compared to the Air We Breathe”. May 3-9, 2015. It’s probably the one of his poems most readable and that I love!
Like so many, thank you. Grateful appreciation for this for sacred space and Sacred Heart Messenger which my family have received for so many years. Thanks be to God.
When times are rough and I can’t even pray, when my whole being is stunned and do not know what to do, I come to your website for encouragement and for prayers. I thank you that when I am weak, that you support me in going to the Lord for strength. There have been so much blessings that came our way as a family. Sometimes my prayers are not answered the way I wanted them but rather answered in the best way possible. Surely God is our Father who is always watching over us and has the plan that is greater than ours. To God be the glory! Thank you for praying for me and my family.
God bless all Jesuits who founded and contributed to “Sacred Space”! Give them courage and strength to continue. I use this site for 15 years, it gave me tremendous help.
I particularly like the wide variety of texts, each with their own insights, with many thanks for these inspiring prayers and meditations.
Thank you for Sacred Space. It begins my day after watching the Mass or doing the daily readings. Thank you again for the joy you provide.
Sacred Space and Living Space have been something I use every day with other things.It has been a part of my prayer time for a number of years.
Sacred Space creates a holy and enriching space in the busy and the hectic days of week. It is truly a nourishing experience that you come to encounter the living God in the moments of life. Jesus in his personhood touches and enlivens us as we go through the spaces of spiritual consciousness and it enables us to be aware of the ups and downs of life. May the God almighty bless all those who are behind this endeavour.
I give thanks for all the efforts of those behind Sacred Space. It is a resource that I return to time after time. I am grateful for the variety and depth of prayers and commentaries available throughout the year. In the times when it has been difficult to practice my faith, this site has always been my mainstay and has brought me back to God. Thank you.
Thank you for the Scripture and prayers today. I like returning to Sacred Space to begin my day, and as I slowly awake, my world expands.
I am not Catholic but have benefitted so much from the daily engagement with Sacred Space. I have recommended it to many friends. It is wonderful to think of all the beautiful people around the world who use this site. May God bless us all, including those who make the space sacred.
Thank you for the Lenten Retreat. I am sorry to see it end. Please consider adding others throughout the year. And, thank you for Sacred Space!
A dear Jesuit spiritual director referred me to this site many years ago and I am grateful to the Irish Jesuits for sharing the fruits of your labours. The commentaries are a continual source of nourishment and they are shared during Lent in small groups who prayerfully read and discuss the Sunday Scripture passages. Thank you also for this year’s Lenten retreat. God bless always!
The Sacred Space daily prayer is often the only way I can manage to pray in the difficult times I am going through. However stressed and preoccupied I am, this prayer calms my mind and soul, even if only for a few minutes. Knowing that I am prayed for through the Chapel of Intentions also gives me hope and consolation, and I pray for others’ intentions here as well.
“Lord, give me the grace to see the best in others, as I’d wish them to see the best in me.” Your thoughts on Luke 11:14-23 once again help me to see the positive and productive lesson in Holy Scripture. Thank you.
I have used this site for many years, it has helped me though some sad times. I appreciate the Living Space in particular.
I have been greatly inspired by the in-depth knowledge and insights contained in the commentaries to the readings found in Sacred Space. I thank all those who are instrumental in making this available to me.
A stop, a break, a pause. A call out of myself and the busy, never stopping day. A moment of sacredness, of breathing with God. Thank you.
I love Sacred Space because it simplifies prayer for me and helps me to concentrate which is something I find difficult to do in prayer.
What a wonderful opportunity for reflection. I am becoming more aware that prayer is more about God than me. What I mean is that during prayer I am coming to realise that God’s love for me is something I can take for granted, but it is He who loves, who gives, who inspires me with His spirit, who forgives and heals. Thank you for this opportunity of space, silence and of being joined with others in prayer, while also remembering all in our world. The Spirit is with us.
Thank you for Sacred Space! How wonderful that the Irish are still great missionaries and without leaving the island! You are touching the whole world and bringing them to the Lord through prayer and so strengthening their faith daily. Praised be Jesus Christ through and for Sacred Space!
God bless all who contribute to this Sacred Space, including those who post comments and share their emotions.
My thanks goes to you Sacred Space, because you followed a call to prepare and create this “time with God” and give it to the world including myself.
As we, I and my wife, live frequently far away from each other, due to my job, we do together “Pray as you go”. Then distance doesn’t exist, we pray, meditate and share together on the same text and topic, as we are together. Our love is flourishing, we live together 31 years. Thank you Sacred Space!
The past few days I have been thinking alot about Lent. I read your Introduction to the Retreat and knew immediately this is for me. I am in. Thank you so much. It sounds awesome!
I’ve been having trouble with watching my words. I came on here and had a prayer on words, with verses of healing mute, and being watchful of what you say. It has helped me alot. God bless.
Thank you to all who provide this wonderful website Sacred Space. For me I find great comfort in the daily prayer. I have battled with depression for many years now and many times have found strength from Sacred Space. It is also very nice to read other people’s comments and experiences from all over the globe. Keep up the good work and thank you once again.
Since discovering your lovely website last week, I have now downloaded your prayer book on my Kindle. What a wonderful book it is: something to think and pray about every day and inspiring words from scripture. It encourages a few minutes of prayerful reflection and a rest from a busy or stressful day. I have a long commute to work and have often spent that time thinking thoughts that are sad or resentful, but not anymore! Now,I just get out my Kindle and read thoughts that are inspiring, encouraging and beautiful. I left a prayer for my daughter, C, and someone from the USA was kind enough to add their prayer to mine. You can have no idea how supported and encouraged this made me feel, as I realised that I am now part of this wonderful Sacred Space Community. Thank you to everyone who makes Sacred Space possible.
I absolutely love this website. For me, prayer is an essential part of my daily life but I am poor when it comes to being self-disciplined and I therefore find prayer a struggle. However, the fact that it is structured on Sacred Space makes it so much easier for me to do. I am deeply grateful to whoever it is that puts this site together. Thank you so much.
Thank you for this Sacred Space. I find it very helpful. I am also very grateful that it is in Portuguese. I have passed it on to many Brazilian friends who are now using it and “Passo a Rezar”- “Pray as you Go” in Portuguese.
My dear wife died very suddenly last year. She was a frequent, often daily visitor to the Sacred Space, and introduced others to it. It was a great source of comfort and support to her and I now occasionally visit for some quiet reflection. Thank you and God bless all.
I looked out of my window this morning and I could see only grey. My mood was grey,too. Then, I read these words in ‘Something to think and pray about this week’: “Perhaps grey can open a gateway to a whole spectrum of colours we never expected to find.” Well, I never expected to find Sacred Space – didn’t even know of your existence, so thank you for being “an unexpected subtle colour” for me today, just when I needed you.
Many thanks for comments following todays reading from St Mark’s gospel. They were all helpful and relevant. I follow your site daily. Much appreciated and I always recommend it to others. God Bless all of you who work with Sacred Space.
I found the commentary on the meaning of call or vocation very enlightening and a guide for life.
I got recommended Sacred Space by my spiritual mentor. Back then I was a Bible school student and had prayer time even in my schedule. Now I am a mother of a 10 months old daughter and the Sacred Space time in my day is more precious than ever. So a big thank you for having let God use you in creating such a great online oasis, where others and I can get a calm and peaceful space to hang out with Our Father. God bless you again and again!
I was searching for a reflection during my morning prayer time and found this site this morning. I am grateful for those who have spent the time to put it together. God bless. It is wonderful.
Sacred Space is so good. Reading it every day gives me an incentive to get on with life each day, to carry on and to be humble, so thank you.
I have been turning to Sacred Space for over nearly fourteen years – not every day I admit, but it is the source I always return to because it gives me such comfort. It is my touchstone, so elegantly simple in its form but so full of insight. In the business of today’s life trying to live the life of a true follower of our Lord is not easy but Sacred Space always gives me hope and little gems of thoughtfulness – I thank you all who are responsible for producing this daily treasure.
At the end of the day it is so good to turn to Sacred Space and further reflect and pray about the readings of the day. I find it so consoling to think of all the people who use this site and are united in prayer when there is so much evil in the world. Sacred Space is a place of healing. Thank you so much.
Thank you. Sacred Space plays an unexpectedly central role in my life: providing me guidance, comfort, and strength. The daily prayers keep me connected to God, my church, my community and my best self.
This is a great way I feel to connect with God in prayer in a short space of time while at work or at home. The scripture readings are always very helpful and insightful. Thank you for providing this opportunity on a daily basis to so many people worldwide. It is a true gift.
I look forward to my time here. And somehow I feel connected with all those who come here seeking! God bless us all.
Dear Sacred Space, Yours is my most valued daily prayer resource for which I thank you most sincerely. Best wishes for 2015 from Australia.
Its been a blissful experience here on Sacred Space. I came online distraught with fervent prayer, stumbled on your site and in a few moments experienced the presence of God so intimately. My prayer has already been answered and I’m free of the feverishness I came with. With a big smile on my face and peace in my heart, I’ll be going to sleep, knowing deeply that the presence of God is very much there always and forever with me. God bless you all.
Thank you so much for the Advent Retreat. It has greatly helped me reflect and grow deeper with God. You are truly doing God’s work. May God bless you all.
Thank you so much for this site. Used to visit frequently and now am back to your wonderful help. God bless and many thanks.
I start each day with Sacred Space (and coffee) and then journal. At the end I feel mostly that I have been touched by His Spirit.
Way back when I used to work from home, I found Sacred Space and enjoyed taking the few minutes before I started my ‘on line at home work day’ by spending time in a Sacred Space. I was so grateful for this ‘new’ avenue. I fell away from the site (but not the Lord!) and I just stumbled upon it again via another web site! I can’t believe that it’s been 15 years already…my baby that took me away from that job (which led me to needing an online Sacred Space) will be 12 on Christmas day. I am back to having some quiet time to myself in the morning, and I look forward to enjoying some ‘Sacred Space’ once again! I am so grateful that Sacred Space is still here!
Thank you so much for the wonderful Advent retreat on the ancestors of Jesus. I found it a very good way to spend quiet time of reflection. Very thoughtful and challenging. It certainly enriched my Advent.
This site allows me to not rely on learning as my standard of time well spent. It allows me to actually step away and enjoy a time of rest, a Sabbath each day. Sacred Space is helping me learn how to rest again, to see time with Jesus well spent because it is time with Jesus and not because I gained a new bit of theology. Very thankful for this.
I have enjoyed the readings and comments on how to get the most out of each section of the daily prayer. They have often caused me to see a familiar passage in a new light. Thank you for your work. It is a blessing to all.
I have enjoyed the readings and comments on how to get the most out of each section of the daily prayer. They have often caused me to see a familiar passage in a new light. Thank you for your work. It is a blessing to all. I look forward to taking the retreat each year.
Today’s commentary on the segment of Luke’s Gospel was one of the most reassuring and trust-filled of many that have taken place through Sacred Space. Thank you to the author, who helped increase my trust level to a more peaceful place.
Thanks for all you provide on this site. The reflections on the scriptures are great!
You guys are great! I was introduced to your site well over ten years ago by my sister-in-law. Ever since, I have periodically turned to Sacred Space whenever I needed that “retreat” I could not take otherwise! You are with me during my quiet morning coffee and on days when I need a lift. Thanks for your great work!
Am so grateful to you. I am a deacon but these reflections aid me a lot in preparation of the homilies especially on Sunday. The word of God is sweet as honey. Thank you!
What a consolation your Sacred Space is. I’m hoping to strengthen my faith and this website helps me immensely. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this website, always there to turn to in good and bad times, and a wonderful way of calling oneself to prayer when life is so busy all around. Thank you.
Thank you for Sacred Space, the site I visit every day after doing the daily mass readings or watching the mass on television. The site is a very important part of my time with the Lord each day. You are a blessing.
Thank you for this website. What a consolation – the commentaries are so helpful – deeply moving because of the beauty of the Word explained so clearly, so movingly and so much food for thought. Thank You Jesuits!
Just found your website and was encouraged by the way the content and prayer spoke to me. I found your words a great gift. Thank you! And thanks be to God!
Praise and glory to God for this website. It is a wonderful way to find God, to return to God, to deepen intimacy, to rediscover hope. Thank you to the Jesuits, and all who make this site available.
Dear Sacred Space, thank you for your daily thoughts service. Many times they have helped me to walk straight and accompany me to start my days. Keep the good work! May God bless each one of you!
Thank you Sacred Space for sharing these beautiful prayers. I pray that the Lord bless your ministry and the sharing of His word.
Your daily refreshment renews me after lunch and clears my mind so that I can live better in the presence of God for the rest of the day. God bless your work!
I use your Living Space to help me gain a better understanding of the Daily Mass readings. They are the most incisive commentaries I have ever found. Thank you for your website. God Bless You.
Thank you for providing this space for all who need it.
I find Living Space such a valuable resource for my own understanding of the daily readings and also use it to guide my ministry as a Lay Leader of the Eucharist. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this beautiful and enriching website. It helps me turn to God each morning.
Thank you for your Sacred Space, truly my “manna from heaven” while journeying daily through life at work and at home. Every day God’s word, through Sacred Space, is just what I need, so pertinent – I can hardly believe it. You are such a blessing. May God’s continue to bless you and keep your ministry growing.
Almost by accident I came across Sacred Space two years ago and I have found it most resourceful for daily prayer and reflection. This site gives deep insights into the scripture. Thank you so much.
What a great prayer support Sacred Space is. In an age when the Internet is so readily available Sacred Space is easily to hand to guide us in our prayer and contemplation. Thank you so very, very much. You provide a much valued ministry to so many around the world.
It is wonderful to be able to avail of the Sacred Space website for prayer and reflection each day.
Thank you very much for being there always whenever I need you.
Thank you for making Sacred Space available to us! It amazes me how often your reflections, thoughts, and prayers are “right-on” with matters important in my life, and in those of my family and friends. You are a blessing!
Today I celebrate four years years of praying daily with Sacred Space. One of the prayers I’ve regularly been led to pray says, “The more we call on the Lord the more we can feel his Presence. Day by day he draws us closer to his loving heart.” As I look back over the four years, I realize how true that prayer has been. I’ve been given the grace to call on Him and day by day He has drawn me closer to His loving Heart. Thank you Father. And thank you Irish Jesuits.
I credit Sacred Space with being able to heal in a timely and healthy way from the sorrow of my loved ones’ deaths and to go forward with the utmost certainty that we’ll meet again in Paradise. When I feel the sadness and loss, a few minutes with Sacred Space and hope and gratefulness floods my heart instead, and I can go on again living what I hope is a life that is pleasing to Our Lord.
I stumbled upon your site “Sacred Space” almost by chance (or was it by divine providence?) and found it so profound and inspiring. There is such a wealth of wisdom and spiritual nourishment there. I’m sure that it will be my preferred resource for Sunday and daily homilies, not to mention for my meditation and reflection. Thank you. God bless your wonderful ministry!
Sacred Space is truly bringing the fire of God’s love into the frontiers! Demands of work and family often eats up what time I have left for myself, but this site has allowed me to convert my otherwise bland break times into refreshing moments of prayer and reflection. It’s great how twenty minutes of prayer can change my outlook for the whole day!
I am a long time beneficiary of Sacred Space and dare I say member of this praying community. Many thanks for being there every day.
Thank you Sacred Space for a new way of reflecting on Jesus’ word. I am trying to find a personal relationship with Jesus and Sacred Space is helping me on my journey. I find it so comforting to use Sacred Space to pray and reflect as the last thing I do before I leave myself in God’s hands for the night. When I need help, guidance and prayer it helps me to submit a prayer of intention to realise that we are all in need of God’s grace. May all those responsible for this website be given the strength to continue their great work and realise the wonderful gifts they are blessed with. Thank you.
Dear Sacred Space, thank you for your site. I visit with frequency and am very helped. I send a prayer of thanks to all of you there.
Dear Jesuits, I faithfully say my prayers daily from the Sacred Space book. I have never received such knowledge and wisdom from each comment made after each scripture reading. God Bless you all for doing God’s work. The word of God is Truth. Amen!
Thank you for sharing the Sacred Space, I find it such a helpful tool for prayer and meditation on the daily readings. I thank God for you all.
I came across Sacred Space site in 2003 at a Cyber Café; when I logged in, I was encouraged to pray there and then, I did and it has been a life changing experience. As I read through the scripture reflections, I am made whole by the subtleness of the words and by the grace of God. Thank you so much, Blessings.
I have ben praying Sacred Space on line and using the book for so many years, I can’t count. What a marvelous tool to keep me grounded in the Ignatian Spirituality our Congregation was founded on. I pray each day for all who pray with Jesuits through out the world. Thank you and God bless you all
I’ve only just started using Sacred Space and am finding it inspirational. Thank you.
What a wonderful and inspirational message! Those words are as soothing as the sun that shines through the window and lightens up our day. Thank you for providing a beautiful moment of peace accompanied by the word of God.
The words of Vinita Hampton Wright (Something to think and pray about this week) came at the right time for me. I have learned that what we think of as obstacles can actually be opportunities – for prayer, for growth, for grace.
I have been praying with Sacred Space since the beginning – sometimes less often but always come back – I find solace and clarity – time to focus on God. Thank you so much.
Have stumbled upon your marvellous resource which you are providing – it is so typically Jesuit – well thought out and containing challenges. Thank you so much and continue this fine work.
Merci beaucoup,
merci de nous inviter à nous arrêter, pour être reconnaissants envers Dieu, de ce que nous sommes, et avons; en rendre grâce en fin de nous mettre au service des autres, être de ceux qui contribuent à rendre le Règne de Dieu présent autour de nous.
Etre des cadeaux gratuits les autres.
Merci d’être là, que Dieu vous donnent beaucoup des vocations, votre mission nous permet de réaliser la nôtre.
I have been using Sacred Space for a number of years now and I find it so helpful for prayer. I buy the printed version also and each year it’s a special gift to some of my friends. Thank you for this fabulous resource. What an amazing ministry you have!
Continued blessings on this ministry to people all over the world. the spirit of St. Ignatius is truly alive to day.
Love your prayer and the peace and time with God in my thoughts that it gives, and the challenge. Thank you and a special promise of prayer tomorrow for all Jesuits in the world – the day of your founder’s feast and the richness his followers now share with us. With thanks and prayer.
Today’s message moved me to again hear God’s voice that the kingdom of heaven resides in the smallest thing that can, when allowed to, grow immesaurably. My word from today’s reading is “acceptance.” To accept where I am, right now in my life, and to dedicate each small task I do to God. To bring the love of God to every living thing in my path, big or little. Whether doing the dishes or making a cup of coffee for my husband, world peace and the peace that God give begins at home, with me. I am so blessed. Thank you for your site.
Thank you for your commitment to this sacred site. My grandsons have recently taken part in a sporting event involving 31 Catholic Primary Schools in our diocese. The behaviour of all those children was magnificent. Their support and concern for each other was an answer to the Holy Father’s universal prayer this month and an example to all parents and teachers present. Praise to the Lord.
Thank you beloved Jesuits and everybody else who colaborates with this webpage, it is awesome. The daily prayer, prayer with the Pope, the 3 min retreat; I highly recommend the pray as you go link, its upper and lower links are so nice, they make me feel Jesus presence. I thank God for this great opportunity.
Sacred Space brings me closer to God each day that I visit. His presence is felt so much. To know that we have a global community through Sacred Space confirms my thinking that God is with us every moment, guiding us in our interactions with others. Thank you Sacred Space for the forum to express our gratitude.
Sacred Space is wonderful and I hope you keep it up forever! The messages and thought process are exactly what I need to lead me to a closer relationship to our Creator God. Thank you for your ministry and may God bless you!
I like logging on to sacred space. It gives me the feeling of God’s presence.
I only today discovered your reflections on the daily scriptures. They are very good, and I will return. Thank you for this ministry.
Thank you for sacred space. I have not used it often, but when I do I find great inspiration. It helps me to deal with my doubts and weaknesses.
I do really love the commentaries to the daily readings – though I am in the third year to peruse them, there is so much that surprises me each day… I do of course hope that this is due to a certain spiritual growth inside inspired by the Word that opens the eyes and makes us listen to our hearts ever more closely, but in the end all is thanks to the great work you do, making us want to follow up on the messages everyday, never leaving us discouraged or disappointed – but mostly, quite the contrary, with a happy and optimistic if challenging outlook on life. Thank you very much, indeed.
A wonderful site. I especially appreciate the Chapel of Remembrance. Thank you very much !!!
A wonderful site. I especially appreciate the Chapel of Remembrance. Thank you very much!
Sacred Space is always on the back of my mind. I learned about your website years ago and whenever my heart or the Spirit reaches out, I always find myself here again. Today, I spoke with Jesus. His voice is patient, calm, and understanding. His answers have a transcendence that illuminate the darkest inquiries about my life and where to go next. To picture Him next to me is a beautiful thought and one that I don’t put into practice enough. God speaks in the stillness of our hearts and everytime I come to this Sacred Space, my heart finds true peace. Thank you.
We really love Sacred Space. In our troubled world today it’s so comforting to know that every minute of our God given day prayer is going around the world. The fire of the Holy Spirit is setting hearts on fire. We pray that God will touch every human heart in the world regardless of faith, race, colour and creed with His endless and beautiful Love and Peace. We are ALL children of God. Because The Father has created each and everyone of us. We have so much to learn from each other. We pray that all nations will learn the art of mutual Love and Respect and that the Love and Peace of Jesus Christ will burn in each of our hearts and our souls. So that our world will be enveloped in The Sacred Heart of Jesus. Amen.
I have used this space from time to time over the years. These days I have done so again and have been surprised by a really renewed and deeper desire for prayer and relationship with God. Thank you.
I lost my mom two weeks ago. The pain has been unbearable at times. Sacred Space has been a beacon in the darkness as I find my way back to God’s love. It is a great comfort to know that at any time of the day or night, I can reach out to this community for nourishment of my soul. My deepest thanks to the Irish Jesuits who make this possible.
Thank you and blessings to all the team at sacred space, you are providing great hope and comfort to so many people by the beautiful reflections, prayers and chapels of intentions. I have started praying here most days and have found it helps me pray and feel closer to God, especially during difficult times.
During times when I need to seek solace, refreshment and wisdom, I retreat to Sacred Space – a safe space for me to pray and meditate in silence. Physical sanctuaries are not available 24/7, but Sacred Space offers me unconditional relief from the stresses and trials of life all the time. Thank you very much and may God bless you a thousandfold!
Thank you so much for providing Sacred Space. I always know it is there when I need a moment of reflection, a moment of guidance, a moment of reinforcement or a moment of strength. God bless you!
To all at Sacred Space – thank you so much for the rich resource that is this site – it’s currently central to my faith journey – I especially value the ‘Something to think and pray about this week’ section. Also – I’m currently appreciating the Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Again thank you so much – Stephen of the Anglican tradition.
Thank you for this service. I find the prayer helpful during the day when things are a little hectic. Sometimes I pray in French with a group and we use this daily prayer.
I’m 20 years old. I read about this site from a malayalam religious newspaper (shalom). I just wanted to check it out. usually I don’t
search for such things online. But this one is awesome. While going through the prayers, it feels like Jesus is there besides me. I could talk to him like my best friend. Great achievement team sacred space! Very useful to young people.
A very useful site with beautiful reflections to meditate and share with others. May God bless all your efforts you put in.
Writing as an Anglican Licensed Reader but with a background of training in Scotland and influenced by C of Scotland, Catholicism and Episcopalian traditions, I appreciate the spirituality of your web site and am thankful for it.
Sacred Space is a true gift. It has been the way I begin my day for about the last year. I always feel rushed…except when I am sharing this time with God. The “Inspiration” page provides food for thought and encourages me to delve more deeply into the Word. Today I found this page and am awestruck that this is truly a worldwide community united in prayer. Thank you so very much.
Since I did not saw a Brazilian comment, I felt the need to provide at least this feedback: I thank you all for this wonderful work. Muito obrigado, e saibam que há ao menos um leitor brasileiro muito interessado neste lugar sagrado.
Thank you for this beautiful sacred page. It is wonderful, bringing to mind and reaffirming that God is Always Present. Thank you for sharing the love of God with us. May He bless each one of you and your ministry in abundance. God bless.
Thank you so much – I am so grateful for Sacred Space – I cannot always paraphrase the Mass Homily in time to take Communion to the housebound, so I prepare an explanation on the Readings based on your commentary. Wonderful.
I praise God for you, your website and your work! In times of loneliness and separation from others, what a blessing this site is. I found your site during such a time of illness, and now Sacred Space is my daily companion. For you who are working for this site: a blessing in the words of John O’Donohue (from Benedictus. A Book of Blessings). “May your words have the prophetic edge/ To enable the heart to hear itself.” –and I believe they already do :0)
Thank you so much. Your insights and thoughts on the scripture has been so helpful to me. I thank God for your ministry. I ask God to bless you all.
Thanks for the service you are providing. I refer to Sacred Space not only for me personally but I do prepare my Sunday homilies on your comments.
Thanks so much for a beautiful nurturing web site, available to all. This is truly God’s work.
How stunning to know that Jesus’ deepest desire for us is to experience his joy and to sink ourselves into the Word where he abides patiently waiting for us to come.
This changed my day! So tomorrow I will come back and pray again. Thank you and thank God for this website!
Thank you Sacred Space team for this wonderful website that keeps me well informed of the Christian calendar through the year and for the simple but marvelous prayers you put up. God bless you all.
Thank you Sacred Space team for this site. It is where I come daily to be nourished with the word of Our Lord. It has indeed helped me grow spiritually. Thank you and be blessed.
I just want to take this moment to thank you for all the work you do. Thank you for your daily prayers. This website is a wonderful gift from God. It helps us to pray and give hope to all our brothers and sisters in need. God Bless you all.
Thank You, God, for this site.
I am so excited that you are now available in mandarin and in mainland China – For four years I went to church in China and have a Chinese ‘sister’, now, although separated by thousands of miles we can share Sacred Space.
What a God we serve! He has consoled us with his joy and assending into heaven He promise to send the advocate, the Holy Spirit to be with us until He comes again in glory. Let us invite the indwelling Trinity to reign in our heart, joy, sorrow, pain, sickness….For with the HOLY SPIRIT dwelling in us, NOTHING can separate us from His LOVE, not even the enemy who is trying to confuse us. For He is our way, our truth and our life.
I just retired from working with our state court system. I can’t even remember how I found your website but it has been a source of consolation and inspiration when I was in the midst of difficult times in my personal life and at work. This was a filtered website at my job and I only had five minutes to read it but that was all it took for me to reconnect with Our Lord so I could make it through the rest of the day. Thank you, dear Irish Jesuits, for your wonderful work to promote the Name of Jesus throughout the world. God continue to bless you!
‘The peace that Jesus gives is available to me; I have to do nothing to receive it’ Thank you Sacred Space for helping me to stop, to listen, to pray.
I use The Upper Room and other links to reflect on scripture. Sacred Space is the only one I know of that encourages me to think and feel as if I was working with a Spiritual Director.
Thank you for such a well designed website. Easy to navigate, easy to use and so beneficial as well as a necessary part of my life. It really does help me to feel less lonely and enables me to continue especially in the gentle way I’m helped to refocus each evening. May you, who contribute to the site, also be blessed as your faithfulness blesses us who use it.
Sacred Space is always very inspiring me and it helps me to focus better during my prayer time. I also feel less lonely and isolated.
Thank you so much for helping provide a community for worship in today’s online world. I discovered this place nearly four years ago when my father was stricken with encephalitis. Through the miracle of the Lord through Jesus, my father was saved. He continues to live to this day, steadily improving, making his recovery. When I prayed in the hospital chapel that my father be allowed to work through his purpose… it was so uplifting when he suddenly turned the corner out of the darkness and came out of his coma. God Bless. Thank you for your hard work. I never would have found this site if it wasn’t for my father. Thank you.
Thank you. It keeps me focused and gives me peace. It is good to be connected to others around the world who are praying the same prayers. Keep going.
Having Sacred Space in my life has become an addiction for me. I say this with respect and thank God everyday for all the graces, blessings and good that comes through Sacred Space. For all those who work hard to keep this site available all over the world Thank You. I feel God’s company as He travels with me each day. Amen.
Thank you very much, there is a place, let our hearts closer to our Lord Jesus, because of your company, we are no longer lonely.
I want to say thank you to the entire team at Sacred Space. I look forward to reading more on Something to think and pray about every weekend. The site has opened up a whole new world of prayer and a praying community. God bless.
In this modern world filled with distractions and noise, Sacred Space is God’s gift to those who love Him and are seeking to have a more personal relationship with Jesus. God bless all at sacred space who brings God so close to us in thoughts, prayers and conversations.
To all the simple of heart who have experience the risen Lord, let us radiate His joy to all we meet and point them to Jesus who freely gives His gifts to all who seek Him with a sincere heart.
Your sacred space page is bringing me closer and closer to God. The more I learn the ways and simplicity of God through your words, the more I desire God in my life. I feel God more now in my life like never before. Thank you.
What a wonderful website. I feel that any Christian would draw nearer to God through following and praying with Sacred Space.
Thank you Lord God Almigthy for giving us Scared Space. With this daily prayer, my life has changed to be more meaningful and fruitful with the teachings of God. This online prayer helps us to see God’s presences and guidance in our daily livings. Sacred Space thank you so much.
I have discovered that Jesus died and rose again to make us joyful in Him and Him alone. If we stay in our guilt when we have fallen, then we are not believing or trusting in his saving love. We can never feel real true joy anywhere else but in Jesus. Amen.
I love Sacred Space. May you reach many people all over the world. You give us a great help in prayer and reflexion. God bless you!
It’s great to feel and know that I am not praying alone. And I always “need inspiration”. Great site, thanks for being there.
Sacred Space, this wonderful site, has transformed the way I pray and is an indispensable and inspiring part of my daily worship, reflection and meditation. God bless all those involved.
Dear Sacred Space, though I am a grandfather, and have been making the effort to live as a true disciple of Jesus for decades, this Lent has been a profound and brilliant inspiration. Before Ash Wednesday, the Spirit led me back to Sacred Space so that I was waiting anxiously for the first session of the Lenten retreat. Only blessings from God exceed all the fondest expectations. Clearly God has blessed the world, particularly in the Lenten retreat, through you. Thanks also to all the loving clergy and faithful people the world around who give the Greater Glory to our Lord. You’ve broadened my definition of the “Gentiles” who will praise God. Let us praise God for His Infinite Mercy, and pray for all oppressed peoples.
Thank you Sacred Space and Pray as you Go you have changed my life. I have found peace with myself reading your site every day. You are in my prayers too. God Bless You.
This site is a true gift to all who seek a spiritual haven and ultimately, to be closer to God. Thank you so much for providing me with God-given grace-filled moments of prayer and reflection each day. We are all blessed to have found you, Sacred Space.
Thank you for the Lent retreat and for all the rich content that enhances my prayer time.
Dear all, thank you for this wonderful web site. I read it just about every day. Please keep me and mine in your prayers. I will do the same for you. Pray that I will deepen my relationship with Jesus.
This space is just like the spiritual water for me! We should use this space and love our Lord with all of hearts, souls,and minds. Thank you so much to sacred space.
I am Gabriela and just found you! Approaching mid 70s and not so well educated in this neat technology. Little by little I learn some…What an awesome blessing has been to discover “Sacred Space”, and be able to seek/relish Our Lord’s Word for the day. Experiencing at present, rather delicate/fragile issues and circumstances of daily living, and the prayer of today has been “sweet music” to my soul and heart. God love you! Will certainly recommend you to special dear family and friends.
Thank you for the beautiful reflection on humility and negative self-image. I enjoy the wisdom of the Sacred Space writing very much.
I have Sacred Space in my Facebook. Many postings gets a ‘Like’ but not too often for a great spiritual guidance such as yours. Let us pray that many more would read and apply it with the usual ‘Like’. I would suggest to make an android and apple app for this awesome site. God bless you, Ireland!
Thank you for this prayer space. It inspires me every time and I am assured if God’s love and presence in my life.
Just thank you for reminding me I am a Child of God. He knows my name. Wow! isn’t that the greatest?
I can’t thank Sacred Space enough for all the beautiful teachings you share with us. Your Stations of the Cross is a wonderful service (it is so consoling and so prayerful, elegant and so very Jesuit!) I am following the Lenten Retreat too as well as the daily prayer online. I make a lot of use of the Chapel of Intentions and the Chapel of remembrance. May your great service continue forever. My gratitude always.
Thank you for giving us a place online to pray and remember our faith. Sacred Space had helped restore my peace of mind in times of worry. Thank you for this lovely place to pray.
I would like to thank you all at this sacred space for this inspiring and inspirational site. Being reminded through scripture about our heavenly purpose here on earth has helped me through a very difficult time in my life. It has helped to lift my spirits and has given me the hope I needed to continue to walk in the light. God Bless you all and please continue with this wonderful ministry. Many thanks, Frances.
Grace and help when I need it. Thank you.
I have been following this webpage since 2007. It has been almost a decade of assertiveness that this project has given to my life. Thank you Jesuit fathers for this great deed. God bless all of us.
Thank you so much for the Lent Retreat. It helps me to be still and allow God into my busy day.
The best things in life are FREE: Love, laughter, Caring, Sharing…so true, so very true. Thank you Sacred Space for helping me realize the simplicity of life (amidst a seemingly complicated world) just by opening our heart on the Lord’s invitation in making our lives His very own temple.
Thank you very much for the sacred space that you update everyday. It is very helpful for me to connect with the Lord inspite of my struggles and difficulties that I encounter everyday. I wish that you will continue this. You help us a lot to be closer with the Lord God, bless you.
Thank you for putting up Sacred Space. It has been my daily prayer, guidance and inspiration.
Sacred Space as an website provides easy and flexible minutes for me in remembering God. he presence of God and awareness of Jesus talking to me, is facilitated in going through these pages. May God bless the Sacred Space team. Thanks.
Thanks again for the wonderful inspiration I always get from Sacred Space. I print and keep many of your “Something to think about…” pages – a great resource in my ministry as a catechist!
I’ve prayed with Sacred Space now for over three years. What a consistent grace in my life. Recently, the commentary in Living Space that accompanies the prayer time have been so insightful. James’ Epistle is alive! Thank you so much!
*I am new to sacred space. Friend referred me to it. Liked the thoughts and quiet times with Jesus. I will be reading this. I was referred to Sacred Space just recently. I will become part of the readership as it spoke to my heart about a quiet time with Jesus and listening to His voice. It was what I needed.
God is with us always! Praised be the One God of All!
I agree that “God is totally inclusive of diversity” and am saddened by how often God is used to justify acts of divisiveness towards those who are different rather than loving acceptance. Thank you for bringing this up on your site. I am hopeful that under Pope Francis the Catholic Church can embrace God’s love for all people in our wonderful diversity.
Thank you for the thoughts on diversity. As my children enter adulthood the message is crystal clear. They are related to me but so very different from me, it is my challenge to love and appreciate their differences. I get strength from this site.
Sacred Space is an Isle of Peace for me. The busy life I choose in service to Jesus sometimes overcomes me. He makes me strong especially when I feel unable to go on. Worries and health issues can’t stay with me long. He gives me the strength and PEACE I need.
Thanks for being there for those of us who require a daily reminder.
The wisdom in the “need inspiration” always enriches my day and provides food for the daily journey. God bless you all.
Thank you for this website. I’ve made the decision to live for God above all things now, and Sacred Space is a great help.
It is good to spend time with God. It is fulfilling and inspiring at the same time. May God bless us all.
SACRED SPACE WARMS MY HEART AND SOUL DAILY! I DO IMAGINE JESUS SITTING BY ME, I DO SHARE MY FEELINGS WITH HIM FOR HE IS MY BEST FRIEND FOREVER! GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU! E.F. CANADA.
Sacred Space has given me a way to connect through daily practice with God’s love for us all. A heartfelt thank you for the deep peace this brings.
I find tremendous comfort, inspiration on this site. Just beginning to appreciate Saint Ignatius! He’s almost as underutilized as Saint Joseph. Also tremendously enjoy the intentions pages, another underutilized feature here. Lord grant you gain the audience you truly deserve!
The prayers give me peace, and I feel closer to Jesus. Thank you for allowing me to join your prayer site.
Thank you for creating this peaceful place. I come here at the end of a busy day and find great solace here. There is always the opportunity to learn a little more, grow a little closer to God, and take comfort that I am not alone. May God stay close to each of you who bring us such a great opportunity to share.
Thank you for this wonderful prayer resource. It has been most useful in furthering and strengthening my personal relationship with the Lord.
Hope you never stop filling this page with all the wonderful input that is to be found here every day. So inspiring. God bless.
The prayer is wonderful, filled me with great peace. God bless you.
Thank you for today’s message on the lamp in matthew 5:15. It is said that our lamp(of our faith)should shine for everyone to see. That verse touched me because lately at my work place, I was so tired and stressed that my lamp was buried under a heap of negativity. I have taken some time off my work, so that I may be able to light my lamp again, by praying and meditation and peaceful times alone with my LORD. Please pray that the lord may give me back strength and joy so that I may make my light shine for others to see and chose to come to HIM.
It is indeed a blessing to be able to login to sacred space as I do every day before I start my daily chores. Guided by the different prompts, I easily enter into conversation with the Lord, about what I am feeling or what I have to face ahead. I must say that not only the words but often the little picture given on the entry page captures my imagination and sets me into deep prayer.
THANK YOU for this ministry.
Thank you for the advent retreat. It helped me celebrate the Advent and Christmas seasons meaningfully.
Thank you. God Bless you for all that you do.
I have just returned from a wonderful pilgrimage to the Holy Land and this year’s Advent Retreat was the perfect preparation for it and for Christmas. Thank you for this beautiful Sacred space.
Thank you for the thoughts on prayer this week. They ring very true with my own experience and where/how I live with God in and around me at the present time. God Bless all of you who work and pray with Sacred Space.
This has become one of my favorite prayer sites. The daily meditations are very meaningful. The Living Space reflections have explained so many things I didn’t see before and have offered me many challenges to change the way I think and believe. Thank you so much for this ministry! God Bless!
Thank you so much for the wonderful website. It gives me inspiration for the day and helps me to see God in everyone I meet throughout my day. Please pray for me and my family as we are going through a very difficult time.
Thank you Sacred Space for being here. I doubt, I question, I pray, I waver, I dip in almost daily. Some times I’m more perceptive than others. I live with cancer, some times just asking Christ to hold my hand; I look at the needs of others via the chapel link and know I’m not alone. What is here is inspiring, strengthening, supporting, generating hope, love and a sense of being part of an incredibly huge nationwide community. Created by Gods love and the inspiration of The Holy Spirit.
Thank you for this wonderful and very helpful site. It really does uplift my spirit. Thank you again
Sacred Space is the way I start my day. It has been a wonderful support in recent times. I received the Sacrament of Reconciliation in Advent, for the first time in many years. Faith is returning. Heartfelt thanks.
Thank you for this wonderful website, where I can visit at anytime of the day to pause and pray and know that I am part of a global community of prayer.
I felt “stuck” for sometime in my spiritual life. Now, at age 68 I feel discouraged because I thought my prayers for my grown children were not being answered. Today I read the Commentary on 1 Samuel 1-8. It spoke to me directly; so, I continued reading my bible until the end of the chapter. It was so helpful. Thank you “Living Space”
Thank you for guiding me through these prayers. The intimacy I have experienced with God during these times is priceless.
This site is like fresh water to my tired soul it lifts me up and helps me to grow.
Thank you Sacred Space for allowing me to pray, ponder and reflect for all the good things in my life.
Sacred Space has been a spiritual gift in my daily life, and especially in the past few weeks of poor health and challenge in the family. I’m reminded to keep an open heart, and count blessings, knowing that Jesus calls me and each of us to fuller life and love, right where I am today. I am grateful and thankful for your ministry.
in a time of recent challenges to health and keeping an open heart. Your daily inspiration reminds me that Jesus walks with us, and calls us into fuller life in good times and hard times
Todays photo could be titled ‘The statue in the rubble’ or ‘a stranger in a strange land’, interresting photo. It reminds me I have things to do today even if I cant see through to the other side. Thanks, God Bless.
Thank you sacred space for this wonderful gift and connection to God. It has helped me grow in life and in my spiritual journey. You do wonderful work. God bless x
Thanks so much for the wonderful gift of Sacred Space! The Living Space page continues to nourish me with God’s word and ‘Something to think about’ as it often offers profound insights. THANKS AGAIN! May God bless you richly in 2014!
Wonderfully inspiring and challenging experience. Gives joy and hope for the future. God bless you all for your input as it saves souls.
Thank you for the wonderful gift of Sacred Space which reminds me that Jesus is walking with me every step of my life. Thank you for helping me to read the Gospel every day. God bless you all!
A very happy and blessed New Year to everyone, blessing US with their wisdom and gentle guidance at Sacred Space! May 2014 bring to you all that you wish for on your journey onwards to find peace and joy in the Lord! My prayers will be with you! All the very best, and thank you!
Thank you for this wonderful site. It helps me connect to God, It is so thought provoking and has improved my prayer time. I thank God for your ministry in providing this site to all who desire to commune with our Lord daily. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
I have loved this since I first came across it a few weeks ago. It was just before Christmas. I have found the 6 step way to pray very beneficial. It has allowed me to be more honest than I could ever have imagined. Thank you for the space where I meet with the Sacred in total honesty. God bless you all.
Thanks for the GREAT service! I find it very helpful! I know a few websites of this type but yours has definitely the richest content. :) May the peace, happiness and wonderful blessings of Christmas be with you throughout the New Year!
Todays reflection, “Joseph was a good husband and father”. Thanks to those in sacred space and beyond, who husband the church, father their flock, and allow the still beauty of christ’s love to live in our hearts.
This morning’s reflection was truly powerful! It comes just at a time when I’m reflecting on next steps in my own spiritual journey. And Jesus says “what is your plan for the rest of your life?” You must have been peeking in my journal.
A lovely virtual place to get close to G*d all year round.
I have returned to Sacred Space after a gap of two years. I keep asking myself why did I stop? It is a such a special time of preparation where one transitions from our busy world to arrive at a deeper spiritual level for the commencement of Breviary daily Prayers.
Your site is now part of my spiritual scaffolding. Thank you for giving food for prayer every day.
Thank you so much for your daily prayers. Your site helps me to pause and talk to God in my otherwise busy day.
This is a most extraordinarily gently, wise, wonderful way to pray. Even the graphics on the website are gentle. There is no overload of information. Just pointers to click on, that are so helpful. Having found prayer times hard, this has opened something up for me that is unbelievable precious. A wonderful sacred space. Thank you. May God richly bless those who write, design, read and pray with this website.
Many thanks for the Daily commentaries on the Mass Readings. They are insightful, meaningful and very helpful to me. May the Lord continue to Bless Sacred Space.
‘Something to think about’ ( the Grace in dying) was ‘breath taking’. I couldn’t help sharing it with so many at school and thought what a marvellous way to share your website with others! Thank you again for the peace and joy you bring to me with Sacred Space, may God bless you and your ministry.
I was just told about your site. So thankful. Especially loved your piece for caregivers this week as I am a hospice volunteer. Imagine in the losses we face our dear Lord is only making more room for Himself in our hearts. To hear that in my 70’s is an unbelievable revelation! Again thank you.
Thank you for being there for us. The prayer anchors me. I am grateful.
My dear friend D. introduced me to Sacred Space many years ago. He passed away in August and every time I pray with Sacred Space I am reunited with my friend in a special way. Blessings to you all.
I find solace and comfort in praying and meditating with Sacred Space, which I had found when I needed it. It is something to grasp immediately.
Sacred Space is a wonderful blessing in my life, and so frequently speaks to and complements the day I have experienced. I have sought strength, comfort, inspiration, and solace at this site each night for years. Bless you for providing this to us all.
Thank you once again for Sacred Space and God Bless all who enable the site. As in today’s inspiration I am getting to know and love the Lord more through Sacred Space. Thanks again.
So grateful for this website, dont use it enough, yet when I do it always brings me close to the Lord – thank you
Thanks for wonderful web.
Thank you very much for your wonderful site. It allows me to create time to spend with God at my own pace and also aware that as I am praying on my own, I am also praying with people all over the world.
What a consolation the Sacred Space Chapel of Remembrance is! I November was a graced time to use this space! Thank you! I pray for all the bereaved and those who have gone home to God. Pray for all our brothers and sisters too please who perished in the recent quake and super storm. God bless Sacred Space and all who run it!
Hi there, just a note of gratitude for your beautiful daily prayers website. I am a mom of two young kids in Canada, struggling to resume a spiritual practice after years of absence … this has been a real blessing and is helping me so much every day.
I start everyday in Sacred Space and always find something that speaks directly to my heart. This weeks topic to Think and Pray about is that something. In recent times I have lost my son, my daughter and my mother. I was with both my daughter and my mother at the moment of death and experienced one of those “thin places” each time. Since their deaths I have experienced a number of close encounters with the Divine which I cherish in my heart and mind. Thank you for this wonderful holy site.
What a wonderful gift you provide to us all. Thank you for your daily prayer and the chance to offer ourselves and re-connect in a new way to God each day.
A wonderful website. Every day a time of calm and peace to spend with God.
Thank you for providing a sacred space in my days.