Wife, mother, blogger, Catholic ministry. I love to garden even when it goes wrong. Same with writing (and we know it can go wrong.) Believing that God is present in all of it.
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I will be honest, like most everyone else in the northeast corridor, I am mentally exhausted this week from everything that has been going on. I don’t know if it is because there is a special place in my heart for runners, (my husband is one as are many family members and friends) or if…
True Friends
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Cup or Chalise
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An Imaginary Interview with Pope Francis
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The Ride — Repost– In Praise of Riders
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We Belong to God!
“Shout joyfully to the Lord, all you lands;worship the Lord with cries of gladness;come before him with joyful song.Know that the Lord is Godour maker to whom we belong,whose people we are, God’s well tended flock.Enter the temple gates with praise,its courts with thanksgiving.Give thanks to God, bless his name;good indeed is the Lord,Whose love…
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Annette, this is our hope in all circumstances – that through the Holy Spirit our Lord will give us the power to be more like Jesus. No matter what occurs in our Church, we know that in the end it is God whom we serve.
Thank you also for the prayers for Karen and her little family. It is a struggle for her every day. God bless you.
Amen Lynda. My prayers continue for your friend.