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Faith Filled Messages
Recently, I felt like I should be giving my faith a little kick and commit to digging deeper in some way. In the past couple of days, I have received several unexpected emails from friends I have not seen in a while. It was an eclectic group – a priest, former employer, spiritual mentor, and a […]
Inspirational Music
Tonight my mom, dad, and I played a couple rousing games of UNO. We always laugh a lot when we play games together. Then, I started going through my day to decide what to blog about. My mom sat down at her grand piano and played a piece that she and her friend play together. I […]
Not April Fools
Today – despite it being April Fools Day – I received news of wonderful things that happened. Quite a few years back, I was a Confirmation sponsor for a wonderful young lady. Since then she has graduated from high school and college. She wanted to be a high school teacher, but struggled taking the certification […]
Sis’ New Job
My sister was not treated very well at her last job. She was yelled at, cursed at, and made to feel like she was incompetent. It hurt me to know she had to endure that treatment and to see her so depressed. I was glad that she decided to go ahead and look for a […]
And It’s A . . .
I was so excited for the BIG REVEAL today! My parents and I connected via video chat to my grandson’s tablet. The connection was not very good and kept freezing, but it was fun to see everyone there. Then came the big moment. My daughter-in-law’s sister was the only one who knew the gender of […]
New Job
Today my sister came for a visit. She has been struggling recently trying to find a job. At her previous job, she was treated very poorly. It drained her and dragged her down something terrible. When she got to the house, she told us all about an interview that she had this morning. She thought […]
Closed Caption
Both my mom and dad are hard of hearing to a certain extent. That can make it pretty challenging to watch TV all together. Typically the volume would be too loud for one and not loud enough for the other. Then the fluctuations in the sound between music, voices, background noise, and commercials added another […]
To Be A Saint
Tonight I went to the church to hear a guest speaker –Fr. Leo Patalinghug– who is leading a mission for the parish. He was very dynamic and kept everyone laughing and learning. Tonight’s focus was about how to become a saint – after all, all saints go to Heaven! He brought several teenagers to the […]
Praying the Day
This morning I read my daily devotion that continued on the theme of happiness. It was a quote: “You pray, you love—that is the happiness of man upon the earth.” ST. JEAN MARIE BAPTIST VIANNEY, THE CURE OF ARS Quite honestly, my prayer life has been lacking. I don’t like feeling far away from God and […]
We Are Answered Prayers
Today at church, the priest talked about how God answers prayers. He told a great story: There was a time in Scotland when Catholics were being persecuted for their faith. During that time, a Catholic cardinal was traveling from town to town to preach the Gospel, visit people, and celebrate Mass. He was dressed as […]
Still Finding God 