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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
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Alleluia! Alleluia!
The Triduum is done. The stone is rolled away. Jesus has appeared to his beloved friends. Death did not have the final word. Joy and Hope have danced in the wee early morning hours and freed our fears, unleashing a … Continue reading
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Tagged #Allelulia!, #beauty, #cancer, #Contemplations, #Easter, #Free, #Freedom, #Gratitude, #HopeDances, #HopeWins, #Joy, #JoyUnspeakable, #NewLife, #Peace, #Prayer, #Relationships, #ResurrectionPower, #Rising, #Waiting
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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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Tagged #Apocrypha, #beauty, #cancer, #Distractions, #family, #Free, #Freedom, #Friendship, #Godhasthis, #goodhands=God'shands, #Gratitude, #hopeblooms, #hopespringseternal, #Jesus, #JesusSaves, #Joy, #JudgmentDay, #LovingGod, #MercifulGod, #Peace, #Prayer, #Relationships, #TrustingGod, #Waiting, #Womenofthe Bible, community, dailyreadings#
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Embraced
The two women embraced But spoke not a word The emotion wrapped them tightly Fear, sorrow, uncertainty, gratitude, love, courage A deep understanding of all of it Gathered up in an eternal moment placed in one another’s heart Each painful … Continue reading
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Tagged #cancer, #family, #Feelings, #Friendship, #Gratitude, #HeldbyGod, #NoWords, #Poetry, #Prayer, #SilenceisGolden, #Waiting
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Time Flies
A friend sent me these words of encouragement last week written by John O’Donahue from his poem, BENNACHT (BLESSING): May the nourishment of the earth be yours, may the clarity of light be yours, may the fluency of the ocean … Continue reading
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Tagged #amazinggrace, #AMDG, #beauty, #Blessings, #cancer, #ClothedinJoy, #FearNot!, #Gratitude, #great cloud of witnesses, #InvisibleCloak, #Joy, #LivinguntilIDie, #Peace, #Prayer, #SpiritBlowing, #Waiting
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Miracle Man
In May last year, I went to visit family in Montreal. I spent a day at St. Joseph’s Oratory where Saint Andre Bessette, commonly known to the people of the city as Brother Andre, had originally paid homage to St. … Continue reading
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Tagged #AMDG, #CanadianSaints, #cancer, #DoWhateverHeTellsYou, #family, #goodhands=God'shands, #Gratitude, #GreaterGood, #HealingPrayers, #HearOurPrayer, #Joy, #Montreal, #MontrealMiracleMan, #PatronSaints, #Peace, #Prayer, #St. Ignatius, #St.AndreBessette, #Waiting, #WaterintoWine, #WeddingAtCana, community, dailyreadings#
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Countdown!
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
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Lighting the Way
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
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Tagged #BabeinaManager, #beauty, #cancer, #change, #Chanukah, #Gratitude, #Hannukah, #Joy, #LightoftheWorld, #LighttheWay, #LightvsDark, #Peace, #Prayer, #Shepherds&Magi, #StarLight, #StarMaker, #Waiting, Lightinthedarkness
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God in all things 