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Holding My Hand
Today’s reading from Isaiah 41 is a good reminder of our creaturehood. The Lord calls Jacob a worm and Israel an insect, promising to help them as their Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. The Lord says I, the … Continue reading
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Rest for Your Soul
Today’s readings are about rest. Isaiah 40 assures us that the Lord will renew our strength, we shall mount up with wings like eagles and we shall run and not be weary. The Gospel reading for Matthew 11 is an … Continue reading
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Code Blue in the Satellite Lab
“That cannot be for me,” I thought, as I lay there on the floor, holding my leg proudly in the air, like some wounded flamingo. “Code Blue-doesn’t that mean I’m having a heart event?” i had gone to the Satellite … Continue reading
Love Is Not Finished Yet
Hope is fragile but tenacious. These past couple of weeks have been an emotional roller coaster for me. When I met with my social worker yesterday I confessed that I had lost some of my courage. Fear is something I … Continue reading
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Ungrateful Hearts
My friends to the south are celebrating Thanksgiving today. I have been thinking about praise and thanks lately. I have been missing in action on this page for just over a week now. With everything else I am sorting, through … Continue reading
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Tagged #cancer, #DailyReading, #DanceAnyway, #Faith, #Feelings, #friendsaregrace, #Friendship, #Godinallthings, #goodhands=God'shands, #Gratitude, #JesusAlways, #marianfeast, #MaryMotherofGod, #mystery, #OpenHands, #Peace, #Prayer, #Relationships, community
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Entitlement & Ego
In my morning devotional this past week, Sarah Young in her book, Jesus Always, stated that thankfulness is the best antidote to a sense of entitlement–the poisonous attitude that ‘the world owes me.’ I have spent time this week thinking … Continue reading
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Tagged #cancer, #Creator&Creature, #Ego, #Examen, #FacingDeath, #FirstWorldIssues, #Free, #God'sPlan, #goodhands=God'shands, #P&F, #Peace, #Prayer, #SenseofEntitlement, #spiritualexercises; 19thannotation
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Washed Robes
The Feast of All Saints Day has me thinking about my favourite saints, ones who have made an impression on me and who have helped me to walk closer with the Trinity. As I sat before the Blessed Sacrament, I … Continue reading
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Tagged #beauty, #cancer, #Friendship, #Gratitude, #Peace, #Prayer, #RoleModels, #Saints, #Spain, dailyreadings#
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Jubilant with Joy
Psalm 68 is beautiful today: Let God rise up, let the righteous be joyful, let them exult before God, let them be jubilant with joy, God is in a holy habitation, God is our salvation, and blessed be the Lord … Continue reading
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