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The Story of My ConversionPart II: The Age of Reason Subtitled: “Smoking, Stealing and Sins against the Sixth Commandment”You were within me, but I was outside, and it was there that I searched for you. In my unloveliness I plunged into the lovely things which you created. You were with me, but I was not with you. Created things kept me from you; … [Read more...]
Every Wednesday afternoon we have a choice. The older three have choir for an hour at our church, and that leaves just the littles and me. Sometimes we run errands, sometimes we hang out in the van outside the church, and sometimes we visit the McDonald’s playland down the road.My girls clamor for the third option, not surprisingly, every single … [Read more...]
Oh how precious time is! Blessed are those who know how to make good use of it. Who can assure us that we will be alive tomorrow? Let us listen to the voice of our conscience, to the voice of the royal prophet: “Today if you hear God's voice, harden not your heart.” Let us not put off for one moment to another what we “should” do, because the next … [Read more...]
The Story of My Conversion“O happy fault, O necessary sin of Adam, which gained for usso great a Redeemer!” Saint AugustineI have been dragging my feet about telling this story and so I am … [Read more...]
Reader Iowa Jen left a comment asking about the 40-Hours Devotion.The following is from an article by Fr. William P. Saunders.The Forty Hours Devotion is a special 40-hour period of continuous prayer made before the Blessed Sacrament in solemn exposition. Of course, the focus of this devotion is on the Holy Eucharist. As Catholics, the words of our … [Read more...]
“Jewish and Christian traditions of spirituality speak of the Word of God as the living water whereby the spirit is cleansed and refreshed. A quick sip—an occasional prayer snatched from the jaws of a relentlessly busy world—is better than no water at all, but roots that grow deep draw the water of life by frequent prayer. This living water … [Read more...]
It feels a lot like Lent around here. I haven’t had a decent cup of coffee since, well, since Sunday. I have been staring at that bowl of M&Ms—you know, the one with all the blue & gold M&Ms picked out—and it keeps staring back at me. I left my Magnificat magazine and my In Conversation with God in the Adoration Chapel after … [Read more...]
My husband returned from a 3-day trip last night, bearing a box of chocolate truffles.His gesture was so sweet that I instantly forgave him for being out of town on St. Valentine’s Day! At that point I unfastened the deadbolt and let him in.I’m kidding. I was not angry with him because it wasn’t his fault that he was out of town. It was his … [Read more...]
Margaret Mary Myers has tagged me for the “Gaggle of Saint Friends” meme. (Unfortunate name, that.)Because we share a much-loved patron and therefore must be sisters-of- the-heart, I would like to thank Margaret Mary for the tag and offer my response. This took some thought, (unlike my usual post), because—after all—we are talking about the saints. … [Read more...]
...on this second day of Lent.Cate came down for breakfast and fixed her big brown eyes upon me.“I had the best dream last night,” she announced.“Really, Honey?” (I so prefer those to the more morbid variety.) “What was it about?”“Easter eggs…and Jesus.”Not a bad dream, all things (and Lenten fasts) considered. ‘Cause if those eggs were chocolate, … [Read more...]
