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Exactly Where I Am Meant

Posted on January 5, 2017 by sstyves

Interesting readings today! I always think of a friend of mine when I read the Nathanael reading. He and I share a special memory regarding it. Nathanael is a man without deceit we are told, a man who knows that … Continue reading →

Posted in #Miracles, #prayer, #Saints, Catholic, Christian, Faith, Ignatian, Spirituality | Tagged #beauty, #cancer, #family, #Friendship, #FuntobeaNun, #goodhands=God'shands, #Gratitude, #Joy, #Kaizen, #LayDownLife, #Peace, #Prayer, #TrustingGod, community, dailyreadings# | 4 Comments

Holy Mother Model

Posted on January 1, 2017 by sstyves

Mary is a model for all women, not just mothers, but all of us who take a risk and trust in a God who takes our comfort zones and stretches them far wider than we ever thought possible. This young … Continue reading →

Posted in #BibleStories, #Christmas, #Consolation, #Miracles, #prayer, #Saints, Catholic, Christian, Faith, Ignatian, Spirituality | Tagged #Blessings, #cancer, #comfortandjoy, #Discipleship, #Friendship, #GraciousGod, #Gratitude, #Joy, #marianfeast, #MaryMotherofGod, #Montserrat, #Peace, #Prayer, #StretchMarks, #Sundayreadings, #VulnerableandOpen, #Yes | 2 Comments

Countdown!

Posted on December 31, 2016 by sstyves

Many people have wanted to boot 2016 out the door faster than a blink of an eye. The year has been painful for lots of us. Bring on 2017, the cry rises. I must confess that as each calendar page … Continue reading →

Posted in #Consolation, #prayer, Catholic, Christian, Faith, Ignatian, Spirituality | Tagged #beauty, #cancer, #change, #Cholangiocarcinoma, #Fireworks, #Friendship, #Grace, #grateful, #Gratitude, #Joy, #LivinguntilIDie, #NewYears, #Obituaries, #Peace, #Prayer, #ServetheLord, #serviceisjoy, #Waiting, #WinnipegFreePressPassings, #YearendReview, community | 4 Comments

Facing Death

Posted on December 30, 2016 by sstyves

I had been talking with a friend via Skype when I realized he was right… again. I had mentioned to him that when I was working I would use the holiday week between Christmas and New Year’s to hunker down … Continue reading →

Posted in #Miracles, #prayer, #YearofMercy, Catholic, Christian, Faith, Ignatian, Spirituality, Uncategorized | Tagged #Action, #beauty, #cancer, #courage, #Dying, #Emotions, #FacingDeath, #FacingFear, #Free, #Friendship, #Grace, #Gratitude, #Home, #Joy, #LifePurpose, #LiveYourLife, #LivinguntilIDie, #LoveofReading, #mystery, #mystrengthisinGod, #Peace, #Prayer, #WhenBreathBecomesAir | 2 Comments

Lighting the Way

Posted on December 27, 2016 by sstyves

I watched as the last of the Chanukah candles burned out yesterday. Everyone else had moved on to latkes and conversations. I had too but I kept one eye on the candles in the menorah. These three brightly-coloured candles whose … Continue reading →

Posted in #Christmas, #Consolation, #Desolation, #Miracles, Catholic, Christian, Faith, Ignatian, Spirituality | Tagged #BabeinaManager, #beauty, #cancer, #change, #Chanukah, #Gratitude, #Hannukah, #Joy, #LightoftheWorld, #LighttheWay, #LightvsDark, #Peace, #Prayer, #Shepherds&Magi, #StarLight, #StarMaker, #Waiting, Lightinthedarkness | 2 Comments

Here Comes The Son

Posted on December 22, 2016 by sstyves

The sun showed up early this morning in all its glory, as if to say Here I am, after the longest night of the year, here I am where I have always been, waiting for you to notice me. Ah, … Continue reading →

Posted in #Advent, #Christmas, #Consolation, #prayer, Catholic, Christian, Faith, Ignatian, Spirituality | Tagged #Adoration, #beauty, #Blessings, #BodyofChrist, #Bokeh, #cancer, #grateful, #Gratitude, #Joy, #LightoftheWorld, #LightvsDark, #LoveCameDown, #Peace, #photography, #Prayer, #PrayerList, #Sonshine, Lightinthedarkness | 2 Comments

Do You Hear?

Posted on December 20, 2016 by sstyves

Do you hear what I hear? Angels appear in the oddest of places with the most remarkable timing. People often ask me what is helpful in this cancer maze. I cannot explain why a person does something and I find … Continue reading →

Posted in #Advent, #Consolation, #Miracles, #prayer, Catholic, Christian, Faith, Ignatian, Spirituality | Tagged #Angelsaroundus, #cancer, #comfortandjoy, #FriendsareGolden, #friendsaregrace, #Friendship, #Gratitude, #Joy, #LifeLessons, #ListeningHeart, #Peace, #Prayer, #Wisdom, community | Leave a comment

Love Came Down

Posted on December 18, 2016 by sstyves

Love comes down, from Heaven to earth, in a Divine Leap of Joy at Christmastime. God leaves the heavenly throne and rests his head as the Son in a manger because there was no room for him elsewhere. How often … Continue reading →

Posted in #Advent, #BibleStories, #Christmas, #Consolation, #Desolation, #Miracles, #prayer, #Saints, Catholic, Christian, Faith, Ignatian, Spirituality | Tagged #Action, #AdventCandles, #BabeinaManager, #beauty, #cancer, #current events, #Distractions, #DivineLeap, #Dying, #Emmanuel, #family, #FriendsareGolden, #friendsaregrace, #Friendship, #God-bearer, #GodwithSkinON, #GodwithUs, #grateful, #Gratitude, #IncarnateLove, #Incarnation, #Jesus, #Joy, #LoveCameDown, #lovewins, #LovingGod, #MaryMotherofGod, #Peace, #Prayer, #St Joseph, #Sundayreadings, #Waiting | 4 Comments

Bread of Adversity

Posted on December 4, 2016 by sstyves

Tomorrow we light a new Advent candle. This week of Hope will be ending shortly. Where did you find Hope? When, as in the First Reading, we are given the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, we are … Continue reading →

Posted in #Advent, #BibleStories, #Consolation, #prayer, Catholic, Christian, Faith, Ignatian, Spirituality | Tagged #AdventCandles, #cancer, #CrumbsofAdversity, #Discernment, #Dying, #Examen Spiritual Exercises, #FreshJoy, #grateful, #Gratitude, #Hope, #hopeblooms, #HopeWins, #Joy, #LightoftheWorld, #Peace, #PraiseGod!, #Prayer, #ScatterSeeds, #StarMaker, #TheWay, #ThisCup, #ThisistheWay, #WalkintheWay, Lightinthedarkness | 4 Comments

Fresh Joy

Posted on December 2, 2016 by sstyves

In today’s Advent reading Isaiah mentions fresh joy. Those words struck a chord with me. I have not quite been in desolation lately but I have been close. I have been numbing a bit on video games which is never … Continue reading →

Posted in #Advent, #Consolation, #Desolation, #prayer, Catholic, Christian, Faith, Ignatian, Spirituality | Tagged #AdventCandles, #Blessed, #cancer, #CheckIn, #Distractions, #Free, #FreshJoy, #goodhands=God'shands, #Gratitude, #Joy, #LightoftheWorld, #Peace, #Prayer, #SadNews | Leave a comment

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