Donna-Marie is asking for our prayers.*Here is the reason:The two boys were hiking at a hiking park. Briant went ahead of his buddy, Tyler. When Tyler caught up to him he couldn't find Briant and looked around. A rock had become lose under Briant's foot and he fell hundreds of feet. Tyler heard Briant's groans from below. Tyler had to scale down … [Read more...]
Prayers for Sara!
At her time of loss.Given the somber topic of my last post, it is heartening to read of the love of a mother for her infant. Our culture can be healed by the joys of childbirth as well as by our suffering in faith.Be strong, dear Sara! Our prayers are with you.*Updated to include prayers for this dear friend of my heartas well as this one. May God … [Read more...]
Praying for an End to Abortion
Having invoked the powerful intercession of good St. Benedict, the kids and I drove across town this morning to meet up with friends and former Catholic Vacation Bible School classmates.The mission: to pray for an end to abortion and in particular, for those performed at a local clinic.We find it ironic that the sign on this clinic reads "Health … [Read more...]
A Little Life Lost…all too Soon, too Soon
It is with great sadness that I am writing this.I returned from a joyful evening spent with friends to a message on my machine from Matilda.Our dear friend ‘Meg has lost her baby, a baby I only just blessed (in my humble, fumbling way), a week and a half ago.To Nutmeg I say: my heart aches with you. I know you know I know how you feel…but that does … [Read more...]
Been There, Felt That
Hey, guys.A dear on-line friend of the heart is having a rough time of it. Won't you please stop by and offer some comfort to the sorrowful? I thought we might fill up her comment box with a spiritual bouquet: prayers, masses, and words of encouragement a'plenty.Goodness knows we all stand in need of a little cheering from time to time, and right … [Read more...]
To Know Him is to Love Him
Today is the feast of one of my very favorite saints, Father Josemaría Escrivà.Father Josemaría is my steadfast, straightforward friend in heaven. He is never afraid to speak the truth, and his honesty is often exactly what a person prone to equivocation (read: me) needs.If I find that I’m losing sight of my goals and consequently, losing hope, I … [Read more...]
A Friendly Reminder
From Margaret (Mary) in MinnesotaThe Twelve Promises of the Sacred Heart(as given by Our Lord to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque)1. I will give them all the graces necessary for their state of life.2. I will give peace in their families.3. I will console them in all their troubles.4. They shall find in My Heart an assured refuge during life and … [Read more...]
Maggie’s Weekend Update
The Point/Counterpoint Version On the one hand, I got so sick on Pentecost Sunday that I was not able to attend Mass after all. And here I had so looked forward to greedily gathering up all those graces! (A plenary indulgence! Sigh!) There was no way I could have attended, as I was visiting the bathroom (Hello! How are you? Me? Well, I’m a bit … [Read more...]
Memorial Day 2007
~ To all our fallen soldiers withlove and gratitude ~You are gone but not forgotten.In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below.We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved and were loved, and … [Read more...]
Thought for the Day
“When something is truly intended for you, it will come your way more than once.”(Dr. Franklyn Nelick, as quoted in The Mysteries of Life in Children’s Literature) … [Read more...]
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