Prayer
The Serenity Prayer
Recently, a friend’s mother passed away and I have been praying with her prayer card. It has the serenity prayer on it. Many people know the first part by memory: “God grant me the serenity To accept the things I cannot change; Courage to change the things I can; And wisdom to know the difference.” […]
Daughters
As the time for my son and his family’s move gets closer, we are spending good time together. This morning both of my daughters in law came over to my house. I have taken to just call them my daughters. We blessed ourselves with Lourdes holy water and prayed for safe travels, a good move, […]
Talk or Listen
Today I met with my group from church and we read the scripture from the Acts of the Apostles chapter 2 – Pentecost. We talked about what it must have been like for the Apostles to have so much courage to go out and talk about the “mighty Acts of God” after being so afraid […]
Hoping For Pilgrimage
Some friends and I have talked about doing a pilgrimage of the Camino Portuguese. The Camino de Santiago is the most popular Christian pilgrimage in the world today. We have been considering the route that goes through Portugal. St. James travelled the route as he preached Christ’s lessons of unconditional love and forgiveness. It is […]
Finding Prayers
Today I was at a friend’s house helping her clean out some things. She had a super cute little stand with small drawers and a place to stash books and magazines on the outside. It was located next to her comfy chair, but she was unable to reach the drawers at all. I pulled out […]
Helping Again
Before I started working my job with the CPA, I was helping an elderly couple that I know. While I was busy with my job, a friend who helped care for my mom was able to step in for me. I was glad that it worked out for everyone. Since I finished my job on […]
Lit Candles
Last night I went to the Easter Vigil – my favorite Mass of the year. The celebration started outside in the dark by the fire. The new annual Easter Candle was lit by the fire. Then, as we went back into the church, a few people lit their individual candles from the large Easter Candle […]
The True Cross
It is tradition to generate a crucifix at the Good Friday celebration. Tonight at church, they had 1 large cross for the congregation to touch, kiss, or respect in some way as we remembered that Jesus Christ died on that cross for us. It took a long time. As I was praying before and after […]
Prayer To Begin
I saw a beautiful prayer today: Lord, as Holy Week begins, slow my heart down. Help me not to rush past this story I’ve heard so many times. Let me feel it – the humility, the sacrifice, the depth of your love. Walk with me through each day, through the joy and the sorrow, through […]
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 […]
Still Finding God 