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I do not love You because You can give me paradise or condemn me to hell, but because You are my God. I love You because You are You.Quote from Flannery O’Connor
You do not write the best you can for the sake of art, but for the sake of returning your talent increased to the invisible God to use or not use as He sees fit.Another quote from Flannaery O’Connor
Don’t let me ever think, dear God, that I was anything but the instrument for Your story-just like the typewriter was mine.Saint Benedict’s Prayer Book
Grant, O Lord, that none may love You less this day because of me; that never word or act of mine may turn one soul from Thee; and, ever daring, yet one more grace would I implore, that many souls this day, because of me, may love Thee more. Amen.St. Therese of Lisieux: Everything is Grace
Everything is a direct effect of our Father's love.....difficulties, contradictions, humiliations, all the soul's miseries, her burdens.....her needs.......everything because through them, she learns humility and realizes her weakness. Everything is grace because everything is God's gift. Whatever be the character of life or its unexpected events, to the heart that loves, all is well.St. Gianna Beretta Molla on medicine:
We touch Jesus in the bodies of our patients: in the poor, the young, the old, children..........St. Gianna Beretta Molla on work:
We are apostles, and if we do not want our work to be in vain, but to be effective, there is only one method that will not fail: prayer. We must pray with faith, hope, charity, humility, devotion and reverence.....work can be prayer.....if we offer to the Lord all the actions that we perform, so that they might serve His glory.St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
Do you want to be totally united to the Crucified? If you are serious about this, you will be present, by the power of the Cross, at every front, at every place of sorrow, bringing to those who suffer comfort, healing, and salvation.St. John Bosco
Health is God's great gift, and we must spend it entirely for Him. Our eyes should see only for God, our feet walk only for Him, our hands labor for Him alone; in short, our entire body should serve God while we still have the time. Then, when He shall take our health and we shall near our last day, our conscience will not reproach us for having misused it.I also blog at:
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Category Archives: family
In Honour of World Communications Day 2015
One of my greatest pleasures and privileges as a blogger is to be part of the team at CatholicMom.com. On this website, founded by author and speaker, Lisa Hendey, I write a Gospel reflection for the third day of each … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Catholic family, children, faith, family, large family
Tagged World Communications Day
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Transforming weak Catholic families
Also posted at Catholic Insight. When you teach two classes of First Reconciliation and First Communion candidates on most Saturday mornings, you learn a lot about other families’ prayer lives. It doesn’t take long to see who prays at home … Continue reading
Merry Christmas
Posted in Catholic, Catholic family, Christian, faith, family, large family
Tagged Christmas greetings, For Unto Us a Child is Born, Handel's Messiah
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Bl. Pope Paul VI’s Message to Women
Below is the full text of Bl. Pope Paul VI’s message to women as part of the speeches and messages at the close of the Second Vatican Council, December 8, 1965. You can read the entire text of the closing … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Catholic Church, Catholic woman, faith, family
Tagged Pope Paul VI, Second Vatican Council, Vatican II
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Dear young family at Sunday Mass
Also posted at Catholic Insight To the young family who sat in front of us at Sunday Mass, this is for you. You made me smile as I was reminded of what Mass with young children is all about. How … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Catholic Church, Catholic family, children, faith, family, large family, parenting, Uncategorized
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Short shorts and midriffs: dressing our daughters
Posted at Catholic Insight According to webmed.com, girls begin a growth spurt around the age of 9 or 10, with the fastest growth at around 11 or 12 years of age. Typically, girls grow about three inches per year during … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Catholic family, children, family, large family, parenthood, Uncategorized
Tagged girls' fashion, modesty, shopping for pre-teens
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Courageous words of wisdom from Msgr. Vincent Foy
In the June print issue of Catholic Insight, I wrote an article on Monsignor Vincent Foy who was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Toronto on June 3, 1939. He celebrated his seventy-fifth anniversary to the priesthood at a … Continue reading
The Gift of Motherhood
The Catholic Register, Canada’s Catholic news source, asked me to submit a short reflection for their Mother’s Day feature. Here is the text of my article: When I was twenty years old, I self-assuredly told all my friends that … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Catholic family, Catholic woman, children, Christian mom, faith, family, large family, large family blog, parenting
Tagged Catholic Register, Mother's Day, religion
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Confession and the little child within us
Posted at Catholic Insight I have been thinking a lot about confession lately. As the First Confession and First Communion catechist in my parish, the past few weeks of class have been focused on mortal and venial sin, repentance, forgiveness, … Continue reading
The Power of Sunday Family Dinner
Posted at Catholic Insight The advantages of the family gathering together to share a meal are well documented. Many experts in various fields of expertise tell us that the family meal helps our kids to stay off drugs, do better … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Catholic Insight Magazine, Christianity, faith, family, large family, parenting, prayer
Tagged Grace before meals, Holy Eucharist, Sunday dinner
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