Fr. Ed Broom, OMV: Make a Spiritual Plan for Your New Year

Fr. Ed Broom, OMV is a member of the religious order Oblates of the Virgin Mary, priest, speaker, author, radio talk show host, and retreat master. He was ordained to the priesthood by Pope St. John Paul II in 1986. He serves as Associate Pastor at St. Peter Chanel Catholic Church in Hawaiian Gardens, CA.  …

One of the concrete manifestations of growing in good will towards God is by writing out, in a clear and practical way, a “Plan of Life.” The aim is to improve our lives and make them more pleasing to God. So let us make the Psalmist’s prayer our own: “O Lord give success to the work of our hands.”

A Plan of Life ought to bring order to whatever is disordered in our lives. Due to sin, our lives are marked by upheaval, confusion, and disorder. Opposing this is the Holy Spirit, who brings about good order. From this order comes peace of heart, mind, and soul. The Augustinian definition of peace is “tranquility of order.”

What Order Will You Bring?

Before writing out your specific Plan of Life, why not give the spiritual project a specific theme, motto, or emphasis for the year? …

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