courage

  • A Love So Great

    This past week, I have been drawn to the image of the Lamb. I was sitting at Church, and the etching of a lamb in the Marian side altar was in front of me. I had never paid it much attention before, but I found myself gazing upon this image, and contemplating what it means

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  • I Chose you

    It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you. John 15:16 This past week I was feeling discouraged and down. It seemed that for every step I

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  • A Gentle Healer

    The Lord has been with me, as a little baby. I have not spent much time with the Lord this way. He presents Himself to me, as an infant, and invites me to spend time with Him. He doesn’t talk to me, but I understand that He desires me to sit with Him. He is

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  • A New Beginning

    For I know well the plans I have in mind for you, plans for your welfare and not for woe, so as to give you a future of hope. When you call me, and come and pray to me, I will listen to you. When you look for me, you will find me. Yes, when

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  • Trust

    Trust the past to God’s mercy, the present to God’s love, and the future to God’s providence. St. Augustine of Hippo It seems simple to trust in God. He is the creator of all things. He gave me my very breath, my very being, my very life, all because of the great love He has

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  • “Amen, I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, move from here to there and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” Matthew 17:20 I bring the Lord what I have, a tiny droplet of water, He accepts it and He

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  • You Give Me Strength

    He took the child by the hand and said, “Talitha Koum”, which means, “Little girl, I say to you, arise”. Mark 5:41 Lord, when I feel like the enemy has knocked me down, You call me to rise up. Your words are like honey that soothe my weary soul. I stand, but I am unable

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  • Happiness

    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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  • The Flame of Your Love

    I have now completed week 9 of Magnify 90 and this week’s virtue is zeal. ‘Zeal is a strong, action-oriented desire to advance in the spiritual life and move in the direction of righteousness. Zeal puts love into action and strengthens the resolution to progress in virtue and sanctity’. (good confession.com). Zeal is to be

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  • The Virtue of Gratitude

    I completed week three of “Magnify 90”, this week emphasized the virtue of gratitude and Saint Josephine Bakhita. Her feast day is February 8th in the Church. I didn’t know much about her, so I spent time reading about her life this week. What I learned about her was shocking. She was a saint who

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