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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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Candlemas: The Encounter between Chaos and Light
(from Seek That Which Is Above by Pope Benedict XVI) In everyday modern life we are hardly aware that on February 2nd we celebrate an ancient feast, common to the Church of both East and West, one which used to … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Catholic Church, Christianity, faith
Tagged candlemas, chaos, Hypapanti, Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, religion, Seek That Which Is Above
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Eight Strategies for a Calm, Fruitful Advent
Most of us are distracted with so many things. Busyness is a stress-inducing condition of daily life. We rush from one place to another, and try to juggle one too many commitments. With only one month left before Christmas, our … Continue reading
Feast of St. Therese of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face
“On the day of her religious profession she prayed that no soul be damned today. She saw herself as a Bride of Christ and a Mother of Souls. Indeed she had entered Carmel to save souls and to pray for … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Catholic Church, faith, prayer
Tagged religion, St. Therese of Lisieux
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Heroic virtue, martyrdom, and putting on Christ
Posted at Catholic Insight On April 28, 2014, the Canadian Senate passed Bill C-250 which adds “sexual orientation” to the list of classes that the Canadian Criminal Code protects under its hate provisions. With this provision in place, how long will … 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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“O Sacred Banquet in which Christ is received”
“At every Mass we are physically at the foot of the Cross and our Lord provides everyone who loves Him with an opportunity to be with Him on Calvary.” Father Marco Testa is a priest of the Archdiocese of Toronto. … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Catholic Church, Christianity, faith, prayer
Tagged anamnesis, Easter, Fr. Marco Testa, Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, religion
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Are you being served?
Posted at Catholic Insight All through the long, harsh Canadian winter, the sounds of coughing, sneezing, and sniffling were commonplace. Viruses and bacteria sensed the vulnerability of weather-weary bodies and attacked with a vengeance, and it seemed as if the … Continue reading
The God whom we adore is the God of the living
“Every stage of our human life has been sanctified and consecrated by the presence of the Son of God.” Fr. Marco Testa is a priest of the Archdiocese of Toronto. Here is his homily for the fifth Sunday in Lent … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Christian, Christianity, faith, prayer
Tagged Bl. Pope John-Paul II, Fr. Marco Testa, Lazarus, religion
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A Feminine Genius Responds to Jimmy Carter
Posted at Catholic Insight Jimmy Carter, the thirty-ninth president of the United States, is making the rounds of the major media outlets and talk shows pedaling his new book, A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power. The description … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Catholic Insight Magazine, Catholic woman, faith, Uncategorized
Tagged dignity of women, feminine genius, Jimmy Carter, religion
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