The short answer to anyone questioning to whom Divine Mercy applies is that it applies to everyone. Short answers aren’t always the best, but in this case, knowing Divine Mercy applies to everyone is shortest, truest, best, and simplest answer. Sometimes God is simple and it is we who complicate matters. That complication requires an …
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I woke up Saturday morning thinking about what Mary must have felt as she woke up the day after the Friday we call “Good.” I wondered if she’d slept at all. I wondered if she was angry with God or crushed by defeat. I wondered if she sunk into despair or let cyclical thoughts of …
Waiting is sooooo hard! I remember waiting for the judge to determine child support, waiting for child support to come in, waiting for the lawyer to return my calls, waiting for the courts to do the right thing. I remember waiting for our home to be sold, waiting for someone to let me, a single, …
We’ve all been there: dejected, lost, unfocused, isolated. We search for worth in places that can never give worth. If we are fortunate, we go get our hair and nails done, buy a new outfit, or waste a day sitting on the couch doing nothing productive. If we are less fortunate, we overspend on credit …
The Woman at the Well & Healing through the Physical Body of Christ Read More »
We think power is in God’s hands, and it is. We serve the only true God. He is omniscient and omnipotent, all knowing and all powerful. He is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. But what about the middle? God brings you into being at conception. God gives you the eternity …
My son was bruised from head to toe. It was horrifying to look at. I did not want to touch him for fear of hurting him. He said his bruises didn’t really hurt, but I couldn’t imagine how that could be true. He looked awful and not at all the way he’d looked when I’d …
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The command is clear: “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” (Mt 5: 44). How do you do that when your enemy is the one who swore to love, honor, and cherish you all the days of your life? How do you do that when your enemy knows your vulnerabilities and uses …
Flower Catholics – As a child, I did not know the term but I remember well adults grumbling about them. Flower Catholics, or Flower Christians, are the lily-poinsettia church goers. They show up twice a year and take the pews of those who show up faithfully every week. They sit proudly on their hard wooden …
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