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Category Archives: Spirituality
Daddy’s Girls
Tonight, my daughter has two friends over for a sleepover. Ever since her guests arrived, the three of them have been talking and giggling non-stop. Even during dinner, where these otherwise delicate young ladies wolfed down two pizzas, the talking … Continue reading
What to blog?
I’ve been reading a lot of really good blogs lately, and can’t help but think that there are so many ways that I could improve this one. I could make it look more “professional”, somehow. I could focus on just … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, Friends, Genealogy, Homeschooling, Kids, Opinion, Politics, Random, Religion, Spirituality, Weblogs
Tagged Blogs, Random
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Remember, man. . .
“Remember, man, you are dust and to dust you will return.” (Genesis 3:19) It is difficult for many people to understand why Catholics wear ashes on their foreheads on Ash Wednesday. After all, Jesus died on the cross and rose … Continue reading
Change
I have been hearing a lot about “change”. Seemingly, everyone wants change, but they want someone else to make the change for them. And, it seems to me that the folks making the most noise about wanting change are the … Continue reading
Thoughts on Liturgy
“The beginning of the Gospel stands for the whole; uttering it, one is as it were sending out the breath of the Holy Spirit to engage the four winds, pervading them and turning them to good. The world is thus … Continue reading
Good Friday Offering
What can I give You? You bought my life and soul With your raw and tattered flesh That dripped blood Into my chalice For my communion. You paid in hideous gaping wounds For my peace of mind. With Your silent … Continue reading
St. Patrick
Most of us would never even consider helping someone who had been mean to us. We would probably never want to see or speak to them again, let alone go live with them! Yet that is exactly what St. Patrick … Continue reading
Posted in Religion, Spirituality
Tagged Catholic, Ireland, Irish, Saints, St. Patrick
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Mercy and Forgiveness
Lent is a season of great reflection for me. In fact, Lent is my favorite of all the Liturgical seasons. I think it is because the daily readings and meditations put me so much more in touch with not just … Continue reading
God in the Storm
We had a really big thunderstorm tonight. While it was still raining, and the sun was just barely beginning to glow behind the clouds, the most magnificent rainbow I’ve ever seen emerged across the entire sky! It was so big … Continue reading
I Am Honored
I have written poetry for myself for most of my life, and it has always amazed me when somebody liked anything I’ve written, so I have to say that I am incredibly honored that Rodger Sellers, Pastor of the Portico … Continue reading
A Poem of Lenten Healing
into your way of peace what does it take? create in me a new heart, renew my mind and make me holy like you, O Lord! i have hidden in the valleys, haunted by my guilt never daring to seek … Continue reading
Holiness
“Holiness consists in carrying out God’s will with joy. Faithfulness forges saints. . . . The first step toward holiness is the will to attain it. With a will that is whole we love God, we opt for Him, we … Continue reading
Stations
Suffering is a part of life, on some level or another. I’ve never met someone who hasn’t felt pain at some point. We all deal with it differently, expressing it with varying degrees of openness, but we are all far … Continue reading
Posted in Religion, Spirituality
Tagged Catholic, Lent, Stations of the Cross, Suffering
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