Faith
Beginning Holy Week Again
Each Palm Sunday offers something new. I’m sure part of it is due to the fact that I’m in a different place of life each year spiritually, mentally, and emotionally. Today at the beginning of Mass, we all went outside where the deacon read the Gospel, then gave the homily. Even though there were so […]
Beauty of Songs
I have loved the voice and songs of Lauren Daigle since I heard her best selling song, “Look Up”. Her music is different, a little bit of soul, gospel, and praise, but very much her own style. Plus she has a quirky sense of clothing that I just love as well. Today I saw an […]
Empty Me, Fill Me, Use Me
During Lent, the Hallow app has been focusing on the simple prayer, “Empty me, Fill me, Use me.” The first 4 weeks, the challenge was to empty ourselves from the things that keep us from allowing God fully into our hearts and lives. Last week we were encouraged to then ask God to fill us […]
Starting Phase 1
My older son and his family are beginning phase 1 of their grand adventure tomorrow. They have been wanting to move further east and my son got a job in the area they were looking at. Since my granddaughter is starting school break, this was a good time for them to all go out and […]
Welcomed In
After the retreat yesterday, I went to Mass, then to the grocery store since it was supposed to be a snowy day today. By the time I got home, I was pretty tired. I had some dinner and fell asleep on the sofa. I woke up a little after midnight and saw that I had […]
Illuminate
Yesterday I went to a women’s retreat at a local parish. I had seen advertising for the Lent retreat in the past, but have never been able to go. This was the first retreat I had been on in about 15 years and I didn’t really know what to expect. When I arrived, there were […]
Tangible Grace
I talked with a young woman today who told me the story of her Baptism. She was raised Protestant and her parents felt that she should get baptized when she wanted to. We talked about how a Christian Rite of Baptism is seen as valid even in the Catholic Church. When she was 5 years […]
God’s Good
I went for a walk with a friend today who shared some of the recent medical struggles her husband is having. He has been suffering from a traumatic brain injury for years. His decline is slow and painful for him to experience and for her to watch. They are both very faithful Christians. As we […]
Finding God in All Things
Today I came across the words, “finding God in all things”, attributed to St Ignatius Loyola. When I researched further, I learned that the Society of Jesus – Jesuit – order was founded in 1540 by St. Ignatius. Part of their mission statement reads: “Our spirituality is grounded in the conviction that God is active […]
Every Life is a Story
I listened to a reflection by Fr. Mike Schmitz this morning. The idea that he expanded on was a simple, yet incredibly deep truth. At least, to me it was deep and there were times during the day when I thought of it. He said, “Every life is a story, every person is an author, […]
Still Finding God 