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Those Who Hope
Stones….we like to throw them at other people. I am always intrigued a bit by people who listen to a self-help style of presentation and pigeon-hole others into boxes rather than figuring out how the new knowledge might be healing … Continue reading
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Planning Ahead
This past week I went to the second session of a three-part series on Death and Dying at my parish. The presenter was the woman who accompanies me to most of my medical appointments. She did an awesome address to … Continue reading
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Tagged #AMDG, #cancer, #ChurchFamily, #Creator&Creature, #Distractions, #family, #Freedom, #Friendship, #Funerals, #GiftofLife, #Grace, #Gratitude, #Grief, #Joy, #LivinguntilIDie, #Peace, #PracticalThoughts, #Prayer, community
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Alone in A Wild Place
Yesterday, my cousin and I read together an Ash Wednesday meditation written by Sarah Parsons. In it, she writes that Lent begins in the wilderness and that for the next 40 days we must go alone into a wild place … Continue reading
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Tagged #Action, #cancer, #ChooseLife, #Distractions, #EternalPerspective, #Free, #Gratitude, #hopespringseternal, #Lent, #LentenJourney, #Peace, #Prayer, #PresentMoment
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Rest for a Time
The feast of St. Jerome Emiliani was today. I had no idea who that was so I had to consult the biography at the back of the missal. He was the founder of the Somascan Fathers and Brothers, commonly known … Continue reading
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Tagged #Adoration, #cancer, #Conversion, #Distractions, #FeastDays, #Gratitude, #Peace, #Prayer, #RestAwhile, #ServetheLord
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Fresh Joy
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
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God in all things 