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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
Life Begins in Christ

Life Begins in Christ

He replied, “Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.” // Luke 11:28 I was one of the last of my friends to get married....
August 14, 2024
The Courage to Speak Out

The Courage to Speak Out

“If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother.” // Matthew...
August 13, 2024
Becoming Like Children

Becoming Like Children

[T]urn and become like children. // Matthew 18:3 “LUNCH TIME!!” my little one blurted out as the bells rang during the time of consecration at Mass. I was shocked and...
August 12, 2024
Skin Care In Prayer

Skin Care In Prayer

Charm is deceptive and beauty fleeting; the woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. Give her a reward of her labors, and let her works praise her at...
August 11, 2024
Strengthened by His Body and Blood

Strengthened by His Body and Blood

He got up, ate, and drank; then strengthened by that food, He walked forty days and forty nights to the mountain of God, Horeb. // 1 Kings 19:8 We rolled...
August 10, 2024
How do I Die?

How do I Die?

“Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat but if it dies, it produces much fruit.” // John 12:24 I...
August 09, 2024
Every Hour is His Hour

Every Hour is His Hour

“Therefore, stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour.” // Matthew 25:13 (from readings for Memorial of Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) I became aware of...
August 08, 2024
Say it Boldy

Say it Boldy

“And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.” //...
August 07, 2024
A Woman of Faith

A Woman of Faith

“O woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish.” // Matthew 15:28  That my suffering, united to Your own, will bear fruit in this...
August 06, 2024
A Mountain Hike with Jesus

A Mountain Hike with Jesus

Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John, and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves. // Mark 9:2 Whenever anyone in Scripture ascends a mountain, pay attention! ...
August 05, 2024
Savoring the Fragments

Savoring the Fragments

They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the fragments left over. // Matthew 14:20  I stepped out into the courtyard with hundreds of women (perhaps some of...
August 04, 2024