“Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of God” Matthew 5: 7-10
Help me hear what you are saying to me, Lord. Guide me through your word. For your holy week nears and I want to be open to your will.
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.
Today is Ash Wednesday which means it is the beginning of Lent. In some ways my whole world revolves around the liturgical seasons, they help me make sense out of a confusing world. I am not so easily drawn into the chaos of things, be it society or nature, because I have this “safety net”…
On a service trip to Kentucky when I was in college we met a gentleman in the back woods (mind you this was in the late 1980’s) who owned a mule named Samson. After all the work was done at his house he was sizing up a couple of my male friends trying to determine…
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/13/new-pope-thirteen-key-factsPope Francis I gives me hope…although there is one point that I am really uncomfortable with…but I will pray that the Holy Spirit deal with that.In the meantime, here is what we know. We know he is a Jesuit…we know he picked Francis…a humble intellectual…what a concept!I will be back but I am overcome and…
Today is Veterans Day, a day that we remember those who have served and are serving in our military forces. My father, brother, husband, father in law, uncle, brother in law and several friends rank among those people who dedicated a period of time in service to our country. Some saw action, others didn’t. The…
Below is an article from Commonweal blog about the latest censure of a female theologian Sr. Margaret Farley author of Just Love. Personally, with this particular hierarchy, I would feel like I was walking on the right side of the street if I were being censured. There are some issues I can understand being brought…