Faith
Serenity Prayer
I read a reflection that was delivered to my email this morning and it included the “Serenity Prayer”. I know the first part of this prayer by heart as I used to say it every day. I thought about the time when I learned the prayer. Many years ago, I felt my life was in […]
New Church Experience
Tonight I decided to go to an evening of prayer and supper at the church. My parents were not up to going out in the frigid weather, so I went by myself. I have not been going to this church a very long and have not participated in anything outside of Sunday Mass, so I realized […]
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 […]
Get Prepared and Equipped
My parents and I had planned to go to church yesterday evening, but the storm that blew in changed that. So, despite the frigid cold and snow which shut down most of the Sunday activities, I made my way to church this morning. I knew I needed to be there and was so glad I went. […]
Lent Begins
So, today is Ash Wednesday. I started the day by reading my first email from a series: http://dynamiccatholic.com/bestlentever/ I was challenged right away to think about what is holding me back from taking the next step in my life that God is calling me to. I closed my eyes to ponder the question and realized […]
God In Death
In the past couple of days, I feel like I have heard of so much death. My aunt passed away the other night as did a good friend’s husband and recently another friend’s father. On TV and internet, the sight of the Egyptian Christians led to their murder is everywhere. And there was the young […]
A Vision Fulfilled
This evening I watched the big game. I was so happy to see that the vast majority of the commercials had a positive message. It seemed that there was a concerted effort to make the game more family friendly. Even the half time show was void of moments in which you would need to shield […]
Still Finding God 