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Ash Wednesday
I’m standing in from of this door slightly ajar…
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Blot Out My Offenses
I still have John Michael Talbot playing in my car. Which means that every day I am reciting this Psalm 51. Everyday, there is a new reason why I need to sing it. Some days I find myself in tears as I consider God’s divine mercy and my glaring faults. At times, most times, only…
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Checkpoint 1
repurposed post “A clean heart create for me O God, renew in me a steadfast spirit. Do not drive from me your presence, nor take from me your holy spirit.” Psalm 51: 12-13 I have been lingering in the Psalms for a while with this one being one of my favorites. I have verse 12…
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Your Own Lent
“As one face differs from another, so does one human heart from another” Proverbs 27:19 I think too often we make the mistake of thinking that each of us are meant to be on the same path or at the same place in our human experience because we share the same faith or at least…
What I Love About You
The girls and I were running late for church this morning since my husband was called into work last minute. We managed to find a parking spot in our church parking lot, which at this Mass is unusual! As I walked across the lot to the front door, I happen to notice a van…
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The Big Silence Part 1 (BBC): The Monastery Series
**This is an updated post from 2013 so this documentary has been out for awhile but I think it is a great representation of what silence can do for us, totally time to watch!** The Big Silence: Part 1 Awhile back, James Martin Sj posted this on his Facebook page and I had to share…
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Madeleva Part II
As I mentioned in the first post, Madeleva gathered people in the kitchen and around the table. It was there that we were usually transported by her stories of her latest travel adventures, political undertakings or guest experiences. I looked forward to each meal, I was generally mesmerized and listened with intent while trying not…
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“God is Love” ~Good Friday 3/16
This post is based on John 4:8 Yesterday, my 16-year-old asked for a Biblical clarification. She struggles with the whole church/faith thing, but she respects it and believes that it is every person’s right to believe and practice what they believe. She has been raised to understand that our reality is not everyone’s reality and…
Narrator or Chorus?
Each Palm Sunday, Catholic churches around the world The Passion passage from one of the Gospels is read. We remember by re-reading the Gospel. Roles are assumed; Jesus, Narrator, Speaker, Chorus. The Narrator reads as an observer and chronicler of sorts, the Speaker speaks the other roles, the Priest is usually Jesus while the Chorus is…
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Is It Kind, Is It True, Is It Necessary?
For the past several years, I “gave up” Facebook” in an attempt to take a “lead me not into temptation” approach to Lent. I figured that there were so many opportunities for me to violate the whole “judging” thing that better to just avoid that all together. But this year, I stayed on. I was…