Love chooses to believe the best about people. It gives them the benefit of the doubt. It refuses to fill in the unknowns with negative assumptions. And when our worst fears are proven to be true, love makes every effort to deal with them and move forward. As much as possible, love focuses on the positive.From The Love Dare by Stephen and Alex … [Read more...]
Happy Feast of All the Saints!
“I had a vision of a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation, race, people, and tongue.”(Revelation 7: 9)Did you cry at Mass today? Tell me the truth.I did.I love this feast day.From left to right: Mary, Queen of Martyrs; St. Isaac Jogues;St. Gianna Molla (sans her daughter); St. Patrick (sans his miter);and one over-sugared, … [Read more...]
Happy All Hallows’ Eve!
The next three days will be blessedly busy, with trick-or-treating this evening, (in costume), singing at Mass tomorrow, (in costume), and visiting our local cemetery on the hill on Monday (not in costume).We will give out Kitty Cookies tonight—to the parents, mind you, who are as much to be commended as the kiddies—and we will say, “Thank you! God … [Read more...]
Learning Him by Listening to Her: A Review of Keeping Company with Jesus and Mary
“We can’t conjure a powerful prayer experience; God is in charge of that. But we can make ourselves available for one.”--Karen EdmistenBecause October is the month of the Holy Rosary—and today its special feast day!—I am re-reading my copy of The Rosary: Keeping Company with Jesus and Mary.What a treasure this book has been for me.I have given away … [Read more...]
A Guardian Angels Story for You
[And one that’s true, to boot.]Once upon a time, my dear older sister was living on a farm in North Dakota and teaching CCD once a week at the local church. (She’s still living in North Dakota, by the way, but that’s neither here nor there.)One crisp Autumn evening, she grabbed her coat and headed out. A half an hour later, the phone rang and my … [Read more...]
A Week Among Weeks
This is what I found when I came downstairs this morning.My husband did the shopping after hours last night! It’s like Christmas!Many years ago, my friend in Idaho (who is currently expecting her 10th child), told me how she had neither the time nor the energy for grocery shopping. I remember thinking at the time, “I could never let my husband do … [Read more...]
On the Feast of St. Padre Pio
I got tears in my eyes when I read this story.You will too.(Be sure to read through to the ending. You won't believe it, but then again, that's what faith is.)Thank you, Charlotte, for sharing this story on this special day! St. Padre Pio, pray for us.AMDG, … [Read more...]
And the winner is…
According to RANDOM.ORG, the winner of Making Music Praying Twice (The Easter/Pentecost Edition) is...Sarah!Please contact me so that I may get your songbook and CD in the mail, Sarah.* * * * * * *Thank you, everyone, for participating! It was great fun to read your thoughts on this subject. Guess what, though? There’s more! John and Kate Daneluk, … [Read more...]
It’s the Triduum!
Don’t you just feel…different today somehow? It’s as if God is pulling us ever closer, saying, “The promise and joy of Easter are looming, but the love—this infinite, unfathomable love—has never left you.”Something like that.Because I am 33 weeks pregnant today and am, therefore, even more crazy & hormonal than usual, I decided this morning to … [Read more...]
O Happy Feast of the Annunciation!
This post was originally published on March 26, 2007. Our Lady said yes for the human race. Each one of us must echo that yes for our own lives.(Caryll Houselander, The Reed of God)This beautiful quote came my way via Helen at Castle of the Immaculate.For more resources on the Feast of the Annunciation, visit: Catholic Culture.org Women for … [Read more...]
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