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A Sparkly Clean Soul

January 17, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Minnesota Me, My Girls, Spiritual Growth 15 Comments

Nothing is sweeter than the calm of conscience, nothing safer than purity of soul – yet no one can bestow this on himself because it is properly the gift of God’s grace.

— St. Columbanus

Cate made her first confession last evening! (Story to follow.)

Ad Jesum per Mariam,

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  1. scmom (Barbara) says

    January 17, 2008 at 1:06 pm

    Happy First Confession, Cate. That’s a really big thing!

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  2. andie says

    January 17, 2008 at 1:11 pm

    How exciting! God bless you, Cate.

    We both have red-hatted girls at the top of our blogs. 🙂

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  3. Kimberly says

    January 17, 2008 at 2:06 pm

    God bless your dear girl! Many more “sweet talks with Jesus” in her future…

    BTW: I have a little “award” for you–check out my blog!

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  4. Karen E. says

    January 17, 2008 at 2:15 pm

    I love those sparkly souls and shining faces ….

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  5. Matilda says

    January 17, 2008 at 2:31 pm

    Congratulations sweetie girl! I can tell your mom is very proud of you!

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  6. Jamie says

    January 17, 2008 at 2:47 pm

    Prayers for you Cate, congratulations!

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  7. thetuckerbunch says

    January 17, 2008 at 3:14 pm

    Congratulations, Cate! God bless you!!!

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  8. Kristen Laurence says

    January 17, 2008 at 3:55 pm

    She is radiant in that photograph. Congratulations!

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  9. stephanie says

    January 17, 2008 at 3:55 pm

    What an exciting day. Did you get fresh white snow to match on your special day?

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  10. helene says

    January 17, 2008 at 9:05 pm

    Congrats! Beautiful quotation!

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  11. Diane says

    January 17, 2008 at 9:45 pm

    God bless that sweet, sweet soul!

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  12. Momto5Minnies says

    January 17, 2008 at 10:58 pm

    WOW, what a special day. GOD BLESS!

    There is a countdown in my house too … 2 more days!

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  13. Jennifer says

    January 18, 2008 at 12:43 am

    Congratulations! What a wonderful day.

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  14. Angie says

    January 18, 2008 at 4:38 am

    Congratulations, Cate! How very exciting! (Our oldest just did his first reconciliation in November.)

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  15. Adoro te Devote says

    January 20, 2008 at 11:56 pm

    Congrats! I’m in charge of the sacramental program where I work…so I’d be very interested in what your parish does to prepare them.

    The kids where I work got to experience the mercy of Jesus in December, and we encourage the parents/families to go, too. And apparently they did! Yay!

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