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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
Posted in #BibleStories, #Consolation, #Miracles, #prayer, Catholic, Christian, Faith, Ignatian, Spirituality
Tagged #beauty, #Free, #Freedom, #GodisOneofUs, #Gratitude, #JesusismyModel, #Jesusisoneofus, #KeepingItReal, #NoMoreJudging, #Peace, #Prayer, #Relationships, #Stuff
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Address Book Changes
Friendship has ebbs and flows, and trying to weather challenges sometimes changes your address book. I first found that phrase in a book by Stephanie Ericsson entitled Companion Through the Darkness: Inner Dialogues on Grief. Ericsson had lost her husband … Continue reading
Posted in #Consolation, #prayer, Catholic, Christian, Faith, Ignatian, Spirituality
Tagged #cancer, #EbbandFlow, #Feedback, #Feelings, #Free, #Freedom, #Friendship, #GodKnows, #Grace, #Gratitude, #Grief, #JesusTakeTheWheel, #Joy, #KeepingItReal, #Memories, #NoRoadMap, #Peace, #Prayer, #Relationships, #UnchartedPath, #VulnerableandOpen, #WriteinPencil, community
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Glorious Joy
Yesterday’s Gospel reading had this fabulous phrase in it: rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could do so everyday? The reality is that some circumstances preclude us from feeling that way. The last … Continue reading
Posted in #BibleStories, #Consolation, #Desolation, #Miracles, #prayer, Catholic, Christian, Faith, Ignatian, Spirituality
Tagged #beauty, #Blessings, #cancer, #Distractions, #Easter, #Examen, #Free, #Freedom, #Friendship, #Gratitude, #Grief, #Hope, #Joy, #JoyUnspeakable, #KeepingItReal, #KitchenDancing, #LivinguntilIDie, #lovewins, #mystery, #Peace, #Prayer, #Waiting, Compassion
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Obedient to the Point
What is your tipping point for following Christ, for declaring your faith, for laying down your will? We all have them. When life’s challenges arise is when those boundaries become clear. Do we only sing Hosannas when all is well … Continue reading
Posted in #BibleStories, #Consolation, #Miracles, #Saints, #Travel, Catholic, Christian, Faith, Ignatian, Spirituality
Tagged #cancer, #Freedom, #Gratitude, #Hosanna, #Joy, #KeepingItReal, #Lent, #LentenJourney, #MysticalMoments, #PalmSunday, #Peace, #Prayer, #Relationships, #Spain, #SpiritualExercises, #St.Clare, #SufferingServant, #Sundayreadings, #TippingPoint
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God’s Fingerprints
As I prepare to move, I am trying to declutter first. No one warned me how emotional it might be to walk down Memory Lane. I stumbled across a box of items from a variety of eras: class photos from … Continue reading
Posted in #Consolation, #prayer, #YearofMercy, Catholic, Christian, Faith, Ignatian, Spirituality
Tagged #beauty, #Blessed, #Blessings, #cancer, #courage, #Decluttering, #Detachment, #Emotions, #family, #FingerprintsofGod, #friendsaregrace, #Friendship, #GodwithUs, #goodhands=God'shands, #Graced History, #Gratitude, #Home, #Hope, #Joy, #JoyUnspeakable, #KeepingItReal, #OpenHands, #Peace, #Prayer, #readyornot, #Stuff
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A Beautiful Life
All around me are the signs of new life. Today in a quiet moment I pondered what the morning of surgery will hold for me. In prayer I went to the day and saw me on the stretcher, ready to … Continue reading
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Tagged #goodhands=God'shands, #GracedHistory, #KeepingItReal, #ResurrectionPower
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God in all things 