hope

  • A Call to Prayer

    Have no anxiety at all, but everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Phil 4:6-7 As I enter into the beautiful summer season I feel a deeper call to prayer in

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  • To Jesus Through Mary

    Today, the Blessed Mother is on my mind. I am going on a staff retreat today, a “mini pilgrimage” to visit a Cathedral and Historic Church in a neighboring diocese. Both are named after the Blessed Mother, St. Mary’s Cathedral and St. Mary, Help of Christians. I have been blessed to have many “Mary’s” in

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  • A New Day

    Today is a new day. It is a time to begin again and be in the present moment. To walk in hope, moving forward, one step at a time. It is a time to listen, to hear what the Lord is saying to me. To pay attention to what is happening around me. To be

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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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  • The Goodness of God

    Sometimes when I find it hard to pray, I listen to music which seems to express what I am feeling. Music lifts my mood and turns my attention to God. I love to sing out loud when I am alone, it frees my heart and turns my gaze upward. Music touches my soul and I

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  • Last weekend was the Solemnity of Divine Mercy, which always falls on the Sunday after Easter. It is one of my favorite celebrations of the Church and the beautiful prayers, especially the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, always brings me to tears when it is sung. This year I was especially looking forward to this day

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  • Holy Week

    I sit in the silence contemplating this solemn time of Holy Week. It has begun, the way of suffering; it is the path to the resurrection. This is the way that Jesus walked, and it is the way I am to walk. He needed no help from us in saving us, without Him, we can

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  • In the center of my being my heart is open to You, my Lord and my God. I desire to keep the flame burning with the precious oil of prayer, that never ceases. In the silence of my heart, I offer You my prayers, and like fragrant incense, I desire them to be pleasing to

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  • As I was sitting in a chapel that I was visiting last weekend, I noticed under the pew that one of the tiles was cracked. It was visible to me because it was in front of me, but hidden from everyone else. I felt God speak to me, “My daughter, I see your wounds that

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  • You Are Worth It

    Last weekend, my husband and I planned a night away downtown. It was Valentine’s Day, and we decided to celebrate by going out to an elegant dinner, seeing a comedian, and staying at a fancy hotel. The restaurant was very nice, the food was amazing, and we had a table by a large stone fireplace

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