Tag: Love
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When I Cried, the Lilies Took Over
The Creator of the Universe made it all and called it “good.” He knows what we can and cannot do and built in extra help for when we can’t. Creation shows us how.
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The White Star
Looking through lenses of faith during the Feasts of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary makes it easy to see the Holy Spirit at work in the little moments.
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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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Saying Goodbye to Papa
Mothers are our universe, but dads make or break us.
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The Four Degrees of Love: Part 3
As this is a continuation of a study group we did on the the article from Soul Shepherding entitled (and linked here) Four Degrees of Love (Bernard of Clairvaux) I recommend you take a look at my previous two posts for parts one and two. I tried to keep these…
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The Four Degrees of Love: Part 2
Only a humbled heart can experience gratitude because gratitude it directed to something outside of our own doing.
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The Four Loves: A Four-Part Reflection
Love is such a simple word but has so many meanings. The degrees to which we are loved and we love is not so simple. Let’s take it one degree at a time.
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Annoyance is a Luxury
In a culture of comfort we can follow the example of St Junipero in fortitude for mission.
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The Gaze
Waiting in the hospital while her husband was in an important surgery, she saw him. He was walking between two armed officers, chains bound his wrists and feet. As he shuffled toward her she noticed his disheveled appearance–tattoos everywhere, long unkempt hair and his prison jumpsuit. Do not avert your…
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That Thing I Do?
Want to make someone’s day? This is an easy way to do it.
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“Reclaiming Love” and the Neglected Part of Ourselves
Here is a book that is based on the teachings of Pope John Paul the Great and Theology of the Body. Fr Martin takes these teachings to a practical level and delves into the WHOLE human and how we love.
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Con-Soul
Con (with ) Soul (Invaluable individual spirit)…walking with someone without trying to “fix” them. That is to console…
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I Showed Up
This week’s prayer group called us to focus on those who have been entrusted to our care, and the case of a selfless young woman.
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A Pandemic Love Letter
God is restoring something in you during these days of change…what is it? I decided to write a love letter to God, thanking Him for these challenging times. I will review it in six months and see what I am leaning about my relationship with God, myself and others. Dear…
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These Words From Mother Teresa Will Give You Hope
By Kristine Bruce, founder of “Praying for Our Prodigals“ When thinking about my kids who are away from the church, my “prodigals”, I so want to wake them up to the urgency of getting back into the fold of faith. I know many parents feel this pressing desire. I often…
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Gentle Heart
An chapel outpouring for the ones who think they can’t, they aren’t or they won’t.
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Scientific Dog #1 And Why Being a Chorus Member Counts Too
Everyone matters in this world. Even the Scientific dogs.
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Bedtime Stories
When my children were little, we would have what was called a “Book Picnic”. Sometimes we would read together in an elaborate “fort” made from kitchen chairs, couch cushions and blankets. Sometimes we would pile all the blankets and pillows on the floor and lay on our tummies together reading…
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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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A Day in the Warmth of the Son
The first of spring’s warm and sunny days are everyone’s joy. They remind us that the sun did not abandon us, but was quietly accompanying us through the long winter days, shrouded by a haze that required our trust in knowing it would come back out again. When our trust…
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The Thinning Veil
Christ is truly present when two or more are gathered in his name, and we certainly qualified this week as a long awaited reunion took place for several of us. All things come together to glorify God. The difficult but amazing coincidence of several of our members in the past…
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Membership
Getting ready to head back to school, LB wanted to get a few items to replenish his apartment before senior year begins. “Let’s go to the warehouse club…I have coupons!” With that we were off, deliberating through the long isles of bulk grocery and home items, only to find at…
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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…