Heroic Minute Challenge
The experience I remember the most from the first time I ran the Heroic Minute Challenge two years ago was the following early morning encounter: Around 5AM, I was awoken by a bright light streaking through the bedroom window, followed by a loud burst of thunder. Not three seconds later, my daughter arrived in our bedroom, accompanied by…
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Day 10 of the 14 Day “Heroic Minute” Challenge. Have you mastered the Heroic Minute? I surely have not, but I am learning so much during this challenge about myself, about the Lord and also about the value of struggling.St. Josemarie Escriva offers us the following quote to highlight the approach we should take when faced…
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So far we have talked about Our Lord Jesus’ Heroic Minute, and the Proverbs 31 woman’s Heroic Minute. Today, I’d like to turn our attention to one of favorite saint’s Heroic Minute: Saint John Paul II. If anyone exemplified living out the Heroic Minute it was JPII. Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, who served as the Pope’s…
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I often wonder what it must have been like for the Blessed Mother and the Apostles to wake up on Holy Saturday morning consumed with an overwhelming feeling of loss, hopelessness and fear. What were they thinking that day? How did they even get through it? The shock of all they had witnessed and experienced…
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I blew it this morning. My alarm was set for the “fixed time” of 6:00AM, and I woke up exhausted. Without even thinking, I immediately hit the snooze button. After the first snooze rang, I re-set the alarm for 6:30AM and rolled over for a few more minutes of restless sleep. Laying there attempting to…
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Day 4: – So far during the Heroic Minute challenge we have focused on the words of St. Josemarie Escriva who coined the phrase “Heroic Minute”. He did not, however, invent the concept. In fact, when we examine the Scriptures and the lives of the saints throughout the ages, we find that we are in…
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As I mentioned yesterday, my Heroic Minute was rather un-heroic. Actually, it was a total bust. As he day wore on I found myself more and more discouraged about it. Thoughts began to enter my head that sounded something like this:Why bother trying – what does it even matter whether or not you hit the snooze…
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Day Two….Since I wasn’t battling a Monday morning after a long and lazy Easter vacation, I decided to be a little daring and set my alarm for 6AM (as opposed to yesterday’s 7AM alarm). I prefer a 6AM start because it gives me time to myself before my family wakes up and the hustle and bustle…
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Many, many thanks to all who participated in the 14 Day “Heroic Minute” Challenge. I’d like to share with you some testimonies from people’s experience with the challenge. God truly cannot be outdone in generosity. When we set our minds to knowing, loving and serving him from the moment our eyes first open in the…
Read MoreI would like to sincerely thank everyone who participated in the 14 Day “Heroic Minute” Challenge. Honestly, I really had no clue how things would go when the challenge began. I just knew that I personally needed to work on incorporating some self-discipline and order into my daily life. I have always loved St. Josemarie…
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