Prayer
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My heart feels many things: joy, sorrow, happiness, fear, peace, love. It is the center of my being, and beats a rhythm of life. Like the breath of my lungs, the heart works to sustain life, most of the time unnoticed. Yesterday, we received news that our son had gotten into a skateboarding accident. He…
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Twenty-eight years ago, I made a promise and recited vows before God witnessed by family and friends to love, honor and cherish my spouse until death do us part, all the days of my life. For better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health; to surrender my whole heart to another.…
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The past weekend was Pentecost Sunday, where God sends the Holy Spirit down upon the Apostles in the Upper Room, fulfilling the promise spoken by Jesus, that the Advocate will be sent by the Father. The Holy Spirit shows up in a strong driving wind and in tongues as of fire, and comes upon the…
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When I find you, I find myself because I am a part of you and you are a part of me. The amazing thing is that you are everywhere, far and close, speaking through every encounter I experience in a real and concrete way. He who seeks God will find Him everywhere at all times.…
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I found myself awake at 3:00am with discouraging words assailing me the night before Mother’s day. So submit yourselves to God, resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7 When this happens, I tend to go to Mary, my mother, and pray the Hail Mary prayer; saying the words echoed by the…
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The secret to happiness is to live moment by moment and to thank God for all that He in His goodness sends us day after day. St. Gianna Molla I desire a life where I am thankful and see the good that is there in every circumstance, even though it may seem quite ordinary. To…
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“From a Distance”, a song by Bette Midler has been echoing in my mind lately. Just those three words – “From a Distance”, which describes my life once we made the decision to move out of state several years ago from our extended family. We would see each other every year or every other year,…
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Jesus, I trust in You, five words on a painting; spoken by the Lord to a young, Polish nun to have inscribed on an image. It is an image which the Lord described in great detail, what He desired to be depicted, and He commissioned her to have it painted by an artist. Jesus, I…
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“Lord, + open my lips, and my mouth will proclaim your praise”. This is the first line prayed in the first hour of prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours. It is the official set of prayers along with the Mass that is the official prayer of the Church. This first line really resonated with…
