The word Marriage brings up different images depending on who is doing the imagining. A naive young girl may dream of Prince Charming and living happily ever after while a jaded, under appreciated old woman many be so overcome by marital regret she can’t remember any fairy tale dreams she once held dear. Ask a …
I know many will scoff at the vision of Purgatory I experienced after Marian Consecration. They will dismiss my experience in Purgatory as a dream. They will say I am crazy or lying or whatever. I understand. I’d have doubted me too once. In fact, I still question why I was chosen to have this horrific, amazing, life changing vision. I might have …
Marian Consecration Anniversary – Reflections on Purgatory & Lasting Life Changes Read More »
Dating experts say women should pick up men in the grocery store, or maybe I’m just old-fashioned and that idea’s old school. I guess online dating, speed dating, and such may be more the way to to go nowadays, but for me? I like the old ways. That’s not surprising to anyone who knows me. Friends and family probably …
They Say the Best Place to Pick Up a Man is at the Grocery Store, so That’s What I Did Read More »
I woke early the morning of the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. After a long struggle, and what I now see as Satan’s attempt to stop me from loving My Mary, the Light had finally dawned – literally and figuratively. That brighter Light is something I’ll never forget – or explain adequately. The day was …
I grew up Catholic, was Christened in the Catholic Church, made my first Holy Communion and Confirmation in the same Church I was married in. I went to Catholic Mass every Sunday for most of my life even through college when so many think they know better or become “enlightened” and leave the faith. My …
I am the Lost Sheep, the Gold Coin, the Prodigal Son & I am Called to Love Better Read More »
The Christian woman beamed when I told her I’d accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior but had never heard of the Salvation Prayer. After receiving permission, she put her hands on me and prayed the Salvation Prayer over me. When it was completed, she practically squealed with delight at having “saved” me and ran off to tell …
Faith Alone Won’t Save You: The Command to Love in Marriage & in Divorce Read More »
Valentine’s Day may be one of the most dreaded holidays for the divorced and separated, maybe more so for Christians who understand the meaning of Valentine’s Day and what Saint Valentine, a man who strove to bring Love to the world, would have wanted his special day to mean. Today we associate Valentine’s Day with cards …
The healing process takes time…a long time…a lifetime. Injuries to the body cause physical wounds others can sympathize with, but injuries to the heart and soul are different, hidden, buried. Injuries to the heart cry out in personal, sometimes humiliating ways. They cause holes that refuse to remain empty for long, eventually filling with either a new …
