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Daughter of Encouragement
When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain faithful to the Lord in firmness of heart, for he was a good...
Our Longing Is from Him
I long to see your face, O Lord. // Responsorial Psalm 27:8b As I was finding my place in the confessional line the weekend before Holy Week, I was comforted...
The Power of Making Amends
Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and there recall that your brother has anything against you, leave your gift there at the altar, go first and be...
Let Him Do the Work
“I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.” // Matthew 5:17 As my weary body weighed me down, I dragged my feet over to my desk. While opening up...
His Plan Is Better
Know that the LORD does wonders for his faithful one; the LORD will hear me when I call upon him. // Psalm 4:4 The dense fog slowly cleared around the...
Our Intimate Invitation
The LORD God called to him and asked him, “Where are you?” // Genesis 3:9 I often contemplate John bringing Mary into where he was staying before sunset after Jesus...
Resting Under His Fire
Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire . . . to rest on each one of them. // Acts 2:3 Some months before my book Jesus Approaches was...
Learning to Follow
When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about him?” Jesus said to him . . . “What concern is it of yours? You follow me.” // John...
Living Out the Words
“Feed my lambs . . . Tend my sheep . . . Feed my sheep.” // John 21:15, 16, 17 I am a writer. My business is words. Words are...
Do You Also Desire Unity?
“[T]hat all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may...
Be the One Who Gives
More blessed to give than to receive. // Acts 20:35 Holding expectations of people’s generosity toward me is something I did not know that I kept track of. At least...
A Lesson in Sisterhood
Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah. // Luke 1:39 I remember the very first Blessed is She retreat. I attended...