We Are All Called to Lives of Holiness
Saint Augustine, whose feast day is celebrated by the universal Church on August 28th , is “the greatest Father of the Latin Church”, according to many Popes, but in this instance Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. He was a man who underwent a radical conversion, and whose intellect and skill as a pastor and theologian, left …
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I am a firm believer that women should compliment their husbands in public and voice struggles either in private with their husband or with a trusted friend if counsel is needed. If people hear me griping about my husband constantly it will change their view of him and that is wrong. Not to mention that …
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Today I am going to take a break from my series on sinful anger to participate in CatholicMom.com's Small Success Thursdays. I will say that beginning my Lenten series on sinful anger is a small success for this week. For those of you who have struggled with anger at different periods of your life, I …
This past week has been a challenge for me in that it required me to go outside of my comfort zone multiple times. The first was completion of my first graduate level Final test. Undergraduate was not a challenge for me at all. I spent a lot of my time bored. Part of starting my …
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I recently joined the Book Review Team for CatholicMom.com. Here is my first review. It is a teen novel for girls in middle school and older. Click on the picture below to read my review of Glitter Girl.
It is Small Success Thursday over at CatholicMom.com. Come share this week's small successes with us. This week was a travel week for my husband. Thankfully he is home for a while, but things get a little topsy-turvy when he is on the road. I managed to actually get some sleep while he was gone. …
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Good morning! It is Small Success Thursday once again over at CatholicMom.com. Come on over and share this week's successes with us so we can cheer each other on. I count the fact that I got out of bed at 6am this morning to pray Lauds and write as a big success. Our daughter will …
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Today is Small Success Thursday over at CatholicMom.com. Share your week's successes with us. This week is our first week back into a normal routine. My husband had two weeks off over the holidays and while it is great to have him around, we all tend to fall out of our routines when he is home. …
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Sometimes honesty in Catholic circles can be difficult. It is hard to admit to others that our vocation is just plain hard, that marriage can be messy and rough. I have been married for 3.5 years. We did not have a "honeymoon phase" as I was pregnant 3 months into our marriage and was sick …
Today I am linked up over at CatholicMom.com's Small Success Thursday. Think about a few of your small successes for this week and share them with us. My first success, and it is a big one in my book, is that I got the upstairs closet somewhat cleaned and organized. You know that room or …
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Swimming the Depths 