We Are All Called to Lives of Holiness
I have a confession to make: I really struggle with sinful anger. I don't just mean that I get angry in the sense of the passion. I mean that I struggle with rage and the desire for vengeance at certain times. It is one of the reasons that you will find me in the confessional …
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Today is my 4th wedding anniversary. It has been an amazing and interesting ride. I have learned more in the past 4 years than I did in the 29 previous years. I know more about my self; my strengths and my weaknesses. Marriage is a vocation because it is a path to holiness. As I …
Lately I have been contemplating the nature of friendship: authentic friendship. I have lived all over. Being a Veteran, I have meet a lot of different people from all over, including from my time in England. I have discovered over the years that the majority of friendships are tied to circumstances. Those friendships seem to …
In 2004 I was diagnosed with delayed-onset PTSD. It took three years for my 9-11 relief work to catch up with me. While most 20 years olds were partying in college or worried about exams, I was consoling 400 people whose loved ones had been murdered in the Pentagon. I had only been in the …
You care for the earth, give it water;you fill it with riches.Your river in heaven brims overto provide its grain.And thus you provide for the earth;you drench its furrows;you level it, soften it with showers;you bless its growth.Psalm 65This morning I was out in the morning sunshine picking kale with my daughter in our garden. …
There is an expectation in our society that when a person claims the title Christian, it means that they can, and will, act perfectly. I saw this clearly when someone wrote on a book review of the book Come Be My Light about Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, that 'she doubted, so she should not be …
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Hail Mary, full of grace.Happy Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God! Happy New Year and Merry Christmas (still!!!)! This morning my husband and I went to Mass for this holy day of obligation that always falls on January 1st. We are still smack in the middle of Christmas season and we celebrate Jesus Christ through …
It is a gray and dreary day here with a mix of rain and sleet. This type of day makes me think about my favorite books. It is the perfect kind of day to tuck in with a favorite book and a peppermint mocha. Yeah, still working on that coffee addiction. Thank Our Lord for …
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" Then he made the disciples get into the boat and precede him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. After doing so, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When it was evening he was there alone. Meanwhile the boat, already a few miles offshore, was being tossed about …
Once again it is Small Success Thursday over at CatholicMom.com. Have you thought about some of your successes for the week? Share them with us here. Here are three of mine: 1. I got moving again. I spent months training for a 5K and ran my first back in September. A week later I found out …
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Swimming the Depths 