Feast of Guardian Angels, October 2 Angel of God, my guardian dear . . . thus begins the prayer to our guardian angels. The thought that there is an angel watching over each one of us, guiding us in right paths, is a comfort. Like Jiminy Cricket in the Disney version of Pinocchio, this angel […]
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Therese of the Child Jesus, October 1 The little way of Teresa of Lisieux, the little flower. She died so young, too young to truly understand . . . or did she? Youth is no barrier to wisdom, not where God is present. Not where great love is present. “What matters in life,” Theresa wrote, “is […]
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Ordinary Time – Feast of Michael and Gabriel Fierce and terrible in battle, Michael the archangel flashes his sword. Along with the others angels, he leads God’s army. He protects those who are innocent, cuts down those who would harm them. His is a warrior’s spirit, calling to the warrior within, the archetype of battle, […]
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The Life & Culture section of my local newspaper this past Sunday featured an article about a study that showed that people who paid others to complete household tasks were more satisfied with their life. “Working adults in the United States reported higher life satisfaction if they regularly paid to outsource household tasks, such as […]
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Ordinary Time – Season of Stability Sometimes God’s world is so beautiful it hurts! The colors of fall, a sunrise over a lake–so beautiful. There are no words. My heart aches, my eyes are moved to tears. I can’t bear it. This is but a glimpse of the glory that awaits us in heaven. The […]
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Ordinary Time – Season of Stability No big celebration coming up. No Major life crisis to deal with. For now everything is quiet. Just an ordinary day with an ordinary routine. Get up, walk the dog, feed the kids, go to work, come home, feed the kids, go to bed. Time to enjoy the calm. […]
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Ordinary Time – Season of Stability Normal, what’s normal? I certainly don’t know. There is so much violence and abuse in our world, in homes, that that would appear to be normal. Physical abuse, mental abuse, emotional abuse, spiritual abuse. Greed and corruption is everywhere. Waste of the good things God has given us abounds. […]
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I’ve been asking myself this as I seem stuck on my current project. This was going to be an easy write, just a fun book, nothing serious. I thought it would be equally fun to write, but instead it has taken a more serious turn than I had originally anticipated while dreaming it in my […]
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Ordinary Time – Season of Stability Why is it so hard to manage the ordinary times of our lives? When in crisis, preparing for that special occasion, or recovering from a tragedy, we know what to do. We keep busy because there’s so much to be done just to keep our head afloat. We long […]
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Ordinary Time – Season of Stability It seems that craft and craftsmen/women have gone out of style. They finish a poor second to art and artists. We don’t refer to the afghans we make or other hand-crafted articles as simply crafts any more but as works of art, crafts appearing second class to art. The […]
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