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Hold Your Ground

Hold Your Ground

Therefore, put on the armor of God, that you may be able to resist on the evil day and, having done everything, to hold your ground. // Ephesians 6:13 My...
October 30, 2024
Put On the New Cloak

Put On the New Cloak

“No one tears a piece from a new cloak to patch an old one. Otherwise, he will tear the new and the piece from it will not match the old...
September 05, 2024
Exceedingly Beautiful

Exceedingly Beautiful

No one looked on you with pity or compassion to do any of these things for you. // Ezekiel 16:5 “It’s time for us to stop living like abandoned orphans.” ...
August 15, 2024
Particular Provision

Particular Provision

I drew them with human cords, with bands of love; I fostered them like one who raises an infant to his cheeks. // Hosea 11:4 Saint Benedict, whose feast day...
July 10, 2024
How Long? - Blessed Is She

How Long?

May your compassion quickly come to us, for we are brought very low. // Psalm 79:8 I scribbled hurriedly on the index card. Names, needs, questions, and charges poured forth...
June 26, 2024
We All Need Saving - Blessed Is She

We All Need Saving

“I did not come to condemn the world but to save the world.” // John 12:47 When I cease to identify with the sick and the sinners in the Gospel,...
April 23, 2024
A Sliver of Supplication - Blessed Is She

A Sliver of Supplication

Open our hearts, O Lord, to listen to the words of your Son. // Gospel Acclamation (based on Acts 16:14b) Lately, I’ve begun each morning by asking our Lady to...
January 19, 2024
The Fruit of His Love is Love - Blessed Is She

The Fruit of His Love is Love

Blessed the man who is gracious and lends to those in need. // Psalm 112:5 I followed my dear friend into her living room, lit only by lamps and candles....
November 07, 2023
Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will. - Blessed Is She

Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.

[E]ars open to obedience you gave me. // Psalm 40:6 It was undeniable. All the evidence was spread before me. My failure to obey God’s direction led to a failure...
October 23, 2023
A Saint's Strategy for Gossip - Blessed Is She

A Saint's Strategy for Gossip

Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up. // 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Some friends and I often quip about Saint Thérèse of Lisieux's strategy for avoiding sin in conversation. ...
September 04, 2023
Numbering Our Days - Blessed Is She

Numbering Our Days

Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain wisdom of heart. // Psalm 90:12 As I braked for the stop sign, I saw them out of the...
August 30, 2023
Distress Doesn't Disappear - Blessed Is She

Distress Doesn't Disappear

The salvation of the just is from the LORD; he is their refuge in time of distress. // Psalm 37:39-40 Tears of betrayal taste different. This is just conjecture, of...
July 13, 2023