Tag Archives: #amazinggrace

Beauty Balm

Posted on August 25, 2015 by sstyves

Beauty has a restorative quality to it that is indescribable. Immerse yourself in scenic tranquility and a serenity steeps your soul slowly, silently. Before you know it, a new person is brewed. Whatever stress you might have felt is shed. … Continue reading →

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School of Love

Posted on August 14, 2015 by sstyves

St. Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish Franciscan who was arrested and sent to the concentration camp at Auschwitz during World War II. He had been hiding Jews in the friary. Three months after his arrest by the Gestapo on July … Continue reading →

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Beauty in Its Time

Posted on August 12, 2015 by sstyves

King Solomon had it right: Everything is beautiful in its time. I am pulling myself out of my pity party with a little help from my friends. This garden sign was a gentle reminder today. As I have pondered this … Continue reading →

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Angel Touches

Posted on August 9, 2015 by sstyves

My friends know how much I love angels. Today’s first reading from 1 Kings 19 tells of Elijah’s journey into the wilderness where he plunks himself down under a broom tree and has a pity party. Gosh, can I relate! … Continue reading →

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Great Faith

Posted on August 5, 2015 by sstyves

The Canaanite woman from today’s Gospel is a role model for all of us. She takes the path less traveled when she comes to Jesus, challenging him. Jesus excludes her by saying he has come for the lost sheep of … Continue reading →

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Empty Beaches

Posted on July 29, 2015 by sstyves

A deserted beach is a luxury at this time of year. If you wait long enough, around supper time, most folks head back to their camp or to the city. Only then can you find a quieter moment to breathe … Continue reading →

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Gonna Love You Through It

Posted on July 24, 2015 by sstyves

There is a video buzzing around on Facebook of students singing a song to their teacher who has cancer and part of the words are I’m gonna love you through it. At the end of the song she gives credit … Continue reading →

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Make Me Clean

Posted on June 26, 2015 by sstyves

Lepers….who are they in today’s society? In Matthew’s Gospel, a real leper finds his way to Jesus, kneels and says: Lord, if you choose, you can make me clean. Such boldness is rewarded with three words: I do choose. The … Continue reading →

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Three Weeks

Posted on May 26, 2015 by sstyves

Three weeks ago today I closed my eyes without knowing if I would open them again. I took a breath in Yah and a breath out weh. Yahweh. I have no further memories until I saw a light and heard … Continue reading →

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Sunny Hours

Posted on May 20, 2015 by sstyves

The place where I am recuperating has a fabulous healing quality about it. I am sitting outside, listening to the water spill out into a pond. The sun dial has this message that brought a smile to my face: I count … Continue reading →

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