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Please Join in Prayer, Fasting, and Adoration for the National Election
Something we can all agree upon. I’m sure that everyone can agree that our country needs all the prayer that it can get. No matter what your political orientation happens to be, it is a great idea to pray for our … Continue reading
Beyond Lives of Quiet Desperation: Moving from Surviving and Coping to Really Thriving
What is it to really thrive? Do you feel as though life has been passing you by? Are you waiting for your ship to come in? Do you find yourself asking if this is all there is to life? Not long ago … Continue reading
Posted in Counseling, Health, suffering, Uncategorized
Tagged coping skills, Fight or fligh response, overcoming addictions, thriving, what is happiness
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Kateri Tekakwitha to Become the First Native American Saint on October 21, 2012
Kateri Tekakwitha, known as the Lily of the Mohawks, will become the first Native American saint. She will be canonized along with six others at the Vatican this Sunday on October 21, 2012. Disfigured and blinded by smallpox Kateri Tekakwitha was a Native … Continue reading
For All Who Have Difficulty Praying
A saint who had a tough time in prayer Today’s saint sympathizes with all of those who have difficulty in prayer. Because like most of us, she experienced the distractions of everyday life, a wandering mind, hardships, boredom, challenges, and … Continue reading
The Columbus and Grandpa We May Never Know
Grandpa was quite the storyteller Grandpa was a man for stories. His tales were something that I thoroughly enjoyed as a wide-eyed kid. Sitting on his lap, I always wanted him to share the same ones over and over again. His … Continue reading
My Favorite Little Friar: St. Francis of Assisi
Of big beautiful basilicas My art professor flashed an image of a big beautiful Church on the overheads. It was a class in my undergraduate program at a Southern Baptist college where I was required to give the name, date, … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, Prayers, Saints, Uncategorized
Tagged Brother Moon Sister Sun, Lady Poverty, San Damiano, St. Francis of Assisi
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Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry: Advice on Coping from a Saint
Tractor trailers bear his image. In Italy, it is not uncommon to see semi-tractor trailers zipping down the highway boasting an image of an infamous Capuchin friar. On my own visits to Rome, I have seen this on more than one … Continue reading
Posted in Saints, suffering, Uncategorized
Tagged Bilocation, Padre Pio, San Giovanni Rotundo, St. John Cantius Church in Chicago, Stigmata
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Exaltation of the Cross
This week the Church observed the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The Cross for us is like a compass that points our way through difficulties. Instead of grumbling in the wilderness of our lives, wondering where … Continue reading
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The Year of Faith
The Year of Faith October 11, 2012 to November 23, 2013 “…They called the church together and reported what God had done with them and how he had opened the door of faith…”(Acts 14:27). Pope Benedict XVI recently declared a … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Popular events, Prayers, Uncategorized
Tagged Jesus knocking on the door, leap of faith, Year of Faith
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