Category: Quotes to live our Faith by.
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Anguish or Suffering?
In my research for this post, I came across this beautiful blogger, Christina Chase. I am so enamored by her perseverance and her hope, I hope you will check her out. I had something on my heart and I wanted to write about a conversation my friend Missi and I…
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Now I Begin
The human tendency toward frustration with ourselves is nothing new. Consider the writings of Venrable Bruno Lanteri and the latin words that seem to be trending for Catholics these days, Nunc Coepi.
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Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty was a character who seemed to have little hope. We chose four images of hope to pray with this Holy Week from Pope France’s Catechesis on Hope.
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Direct Our Hearts Aright
“May the working of your mercy, O Lord, we pray, direct our hearts aright, for without your grace we cannot find favor in your sight.” (Collect for Mass, Saturday March 16, 2024) Discernment During Prayer; a side note I am going to do something a little different in this post.…
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The Four Degrees of Love: Part 4
The final part of a four part series based on a study session with St Bernard and the Four Degrees of Love.
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Stop Abiding at the Altar of Disappointment
If you want the world to be better, stop abiding at the altar of disappointment.
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The Measure of Love
“The measure of love is to love without measure…” The latest “soul lesson” for me can be encapsulated best by these cute measuring spoons received as the parting gift at a friend’s bridal shower, aptly called “The Measure of Love”. I have heard both St Augustine of Hippo and St…
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Make Haste Not Bustle
Looking up “haste” on thesarus.com , (“extreme speed, hurry”) I noticed an almost perfectly divided list of 43 synonyms that have nearly as many negative connotations as positive. I was thinking about “haste” as I reflected on this upcoming gospel reading for the fourth Sunday in Advent, and I have…
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Why Wait? Advent and Austen
When I think of Advent, the word “waiting” comes to mind. As we light the first two purple candles this past Sunday and this coming Sunday, we anticipate Christ’s return to his people in a time of preparation and hope. The readings of the church these past few weeks seem…
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Mediocre Matinee
Quiet, somber, and thoughtful. That’s how we all walked out of the movie “The Passion of The Christ”. It was one of those movies that people still talk about, because it moves your spirit, changes your heart, and sticks in your mind. People are still talking about the way that…
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God Said No
Cradle Catholic I am a cradle Catholic, which means I was brought up in the church; but for many Catholics this is a catch phrase for “I don’t’ know what I am doing here” or “My mom made me come“. Until I became a young adult, I fit into this…
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13 Reasons Why You Should Watch Joe Verses The Volcano Instead
My kids forewarned me that a new season of “13 Reasons Why” just came out on Netflix, knowing how I felt when this series originally came out. The schools and youth groups were sending texts and emails warning us that this suicidal story aimed at youth audiences was a talking…
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Silence is GOLDEN
I came across this quote today: “I consider it no less a virtue to know how to keep silence at the proper time than to speak well. It seems to me that man ought to have a neck as long as a crane’s, so that each of his words may…
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A Cure For Discouragement
Discouragement is a universal topic. It relates to every human being; every culture, race and gender. In our recent monthly retreat we watched Fr John Bartunek’s Retreat for Easter, “A Cure for Discouragement”. Easter, usually being a season of joy and hope, seemed like a strange time to present the…
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“Your Brother Will Rise”
Today’s Encounter with Christ was well-attended and although we again had a short meeting (schools were being released early for incoming storms) the upcoming Sunday’s gospel was made priority and we spent extra time on this beautiful reading. This coming fifth Sunday of Lent, we will read John 11:1-45, The…
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Dignity of America
“That is the dignity of America, the reason she exists, the condition of her survival, yes, the ultimate test of her greatness: to respect every human person, especially the weak and most defenseless ones, those as yet unborn.” Pope John Paul II
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Pope John Paul II
“As believers, how can we fail to see that abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide are a terrible rejection of God’s gift of life and love? And as believers, how can we fail to feel the duty to surround the sick and those in distress with the warmth of our affection…
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Domestic Church Of Bosco
Blogs are mind-boggling to me. I never saw myself starting one. But one day, while sitting on a couch having coffee and some good conversation with a friend of faith, I felt so inspired; like I could explode with inspiration. I told her I had so many ideas and no…
The Domestic Church of Bosco 