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Time is Running Out
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. It’s already here. I feel like just yesterday we celebrated the feast of All Saints Day and the feast of the Assumption last week. Time has flown. I sincerely wonder if...
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A Papal Advent
Image of the Advent wreath is from ImageVine/courtesy of www.imagevine.com and franciscanfriarstor.blogspot.com What are you doing for Advent? So often we ask, “What are you doing for Christmas?” Or...
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Will the Real Christianity Please Stand Up?
It took me many years to realize this, and even more to begin to understand it: that the uniqueness of Christianity is not so much what Christ and His Church teaches, summed up in the two-fold...
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Speaking the Unspeakable
(This post has been a long time in coming…a written post revealing intimacies of the heart. Thank you for your patience in waiting for it.) For the last two years, my husband and I have been carrying...
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Where You Want Me
Throughout the Advent and Christmas season, we have tried to read an Advent or Christmas book every night with the boys before bed. On the feast of Epiphany, we read the little gem of a book, The...
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A Fly in my Coffee
This past Sunday morning, I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. (That’s putting it politely.) I was irritated from the get go by our three year old getting out of bed way too early. When I told...
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It is very hard for me to explain to others the amount of stress and fear that our family deals with on a daily basis. There are some people that understand, some that have lived it, some that feel...
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To Love, or Not to Love
I find myself in a state of reflection much of this week. Not only does this week hold the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Valentine, but also the birthday of our youngest son. That day is more...
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Leaky Grace
Have you ever bought a good cup of coffee, only to find that your cup is leaking? Coffee runs down the cup, onto your hands, perhaps onto your clothes or the floor. It’s not a pleasant experience,...
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Distractions, Distractions
This February, I found myself utterly looking forward to Lent. I just wanted to regroup my life and especially my prayer life and priorities. I thought things were a bit too crazy in our lives and I...
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Braving the Storm
I have felt nauseous all day. We woke up early, showered and dressed. We got the boys up; dressed them and put them in the car. It started out like any other morning that we have doctors appointments...
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Decisions of the Heart
Can you think of a decision in your life that radically changed the course of your life forever? Marriage? Job? Conversion? Or what about simple things, like talking to a stranger? Maybe they said...
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