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Leaving Everything
Tonight I went back to mass after a couple of months of being absent, minus Christmas Eve, due to health issues. I had looked over the readings before going and thought that there might be a good message for me. … Continue reading
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Laughter in the Surrealness
I have talked briefly about my Circle of Support here before. I hand-chose six people from various parts of my life to help guide me in decision-making around end-of-life matters. This includes issues about tangible support from friends, health … Continue reading
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Tagged #beauty, #cancer, #CircleofSupport, #DailyReading, #Epiphany, #Feelings, #Free, #Freedom, #Friendship, #God'sPlan, #Gratitude, #GreatPhysician, #Joy, #Peace, #Prayer, #Relationships, #Stuff, #SurrealSituations, community
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Observing Stars
Stars come in all shapes and sizes. How many of us have a memory of sitting around a campfire and looking up to see millions of stars that we would never see in the city? I am transfixed often at … Continue reading
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Tagged #beauty, #cancer, #Christ'sStandard, #Distractions, #Epiphany, #followthestar, #Free, #Freedom, #godisababy, #Gratitude, #Home, #Jesusisoneofus, #Joy, #Magi, #Memories, #NewBornKing, #Peace, #SpiritualExercises, #StarGazers, #StarStruck
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Anything Good?
What do we do when we encounter people who are different than us? People have different skin colours, beliefs, values, and upbringings. They live in different parts of the city, country or world than us. Sometimes a couple of questions … Continue reading
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Tagged #beauty, #Free, #Freedom, #GodisOneofUs, #Gratitude, #JesusismyModel, #Jesusisoneofus, #KeepingItReal, #NoMoreJudging, #Peace, #Prayer, #Relationships, #Stuff
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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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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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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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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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God in all things 