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Find Peace

This morning, I listened to another chapter in the series “The Imitation of Christ.” As I strive for peace, I found this quote to be worth contemplating. “Blessed are the uncomplicated, for they will find much peace.” I Found God today in a direction of how to find more peace.

Good To Hear

I knew a friend of mine was going through a physically difficult time and I reached out a couple of times with no response. So, we just kept praying for her and her family. She called this afternoon and told me just how tough things have been. She had extensive back surgery, which I knew […]

Simple and True

Today as I was closing things up for the night, I came across a planner that is also a coloring book that belongs to my sister. It was open to a page that read, “Peace begins with a smile”, from St. Mother Teresa. It made me smile to read it. I thought about how true […]

Not For Me

Today’s reading to the letter of the Romans 14:7-9 by St. Paul was the focus of the homily by our pastor this morning. He talked about how damaging, lonely, and unfulfilling our lives can be if we think and live as if we are a self-made being; in other words, my focus is living my […]

Imitation of Christ

Today I started listening to a podcast of “The Imitation of Christ” by Thomas a Kempis, on the Hallow app. It started out by acknowledging that the literature is challenging. But to encourage the listener, a quote was read from the book that could be beneficial in many situations, “Do not be detoured, nor quickly […]

Orion Appeared

My mom slept well last night – until 3:00 am. Then she was up and down for hours with a bit of a stomach upset. I was sleeping in her room, so I was up and down with her. At one point, after she laid back down, I just meandered through the house as I […]

Steady Faith

This morning, I heard a lot of commotion outside the garage door. I went to investigate and saw a fire truck and ambulance parked next door. The EMTs were actually at the home of the “roof mate” of our neighbor’s. Several people were outside, concerned for the residents. The man who lives in the home […]

Effective Anointing

Mom had a stellar day today. When our friend was here, she went for a walk, finished the big puzzle they were working on, played the piano, and helped get lunch ready. She napped a little after that. Then we had a smoothie while she read and played some games on her iPad. She became […]

Viaticum

We were blessed to have the new priest from our parish come over to the house today. He was young, soft spoken, gentle, and caring. He talked with my mother for some time and asked her what she thought Heaven would be like. She said she pictured it as full of clouds with an organ […]

Fear Not

I saw the scripture Isaiah 41:13 in an email I received today, “For I, the Lord your God hold your right hand. It is I who say to you Fear Not. I am the One who helps you.” It sounded very familiar to me. Then I remembered a prayer card we received in the mail […]