1 Peter 5:8: “Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.” James 4:7-8 “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resisi the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands you sinners, and purify […]
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It’s going on a year since I’ve posted a blog. And quite a year it has been. Driving on the expressway, leaving Kansas City, I took the above picture. I lived there until COVID caused me to lose my rent house. When I saw the words, “go new places” I laughed. That’s exactly what I
Philomena, Sasha and Pia Young people these days are quick to do everything with their phone, especially taking pictures. They take pictures of everything, especially selfies with their BFF’s. I don’t think of these things until it’s too late. I wish I had taken pictures of Sasha, a young mother and Pia, her precious 10-month-old
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I had spent the first week with Mary and Judith, the two Marian Catechists who introduced me to Cardinal Burke, and Fr.’s Altman and Czerwonka. During the week I had met other people connected to the shrine. There were so many wonderfully kind and faithful Catholics. My heart felt at home. The Lord had shown
I drove into La Crosse, WI to the Shrine of Guadalupe and what a beautiful shrine it is! Although beautiful is too small a word to describe the Shrine buildings and grounds. Set on the side of a high hill, the paved path can be strenuous enough for some (me) to warrant a ride on
My health issues made moving quite a challenge. Fatigue limited what I was able to do, yet I was the only one who could do anything—everything. I had learned over the years, everything was up to me, myself and I. Even in my marriage. Having married someone disabled, everything was up to me. With his
I had been praying for a healing miracle for quite some time. Ask, seek, knock. Isn’t that what the scripture says. So that’s what I had been doing. I’ve been a good girl all my life. Loved God most of my life. However, taking my Catholic roots for granted, I went from the Catholic church
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My life was so terrible for so long that, many times, I wished for death, longed for death. Over the years, I learned that 1) my time is not my own and 2) my life is not my own. I have been bought with a price. Tragedy comes in a moment and sometimes there is
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Driving down the highway on a road-trip, my girlfriend and I got into a conversation about yoga. The subject can be somewhat touchy. Some say there’s nothing wrong with yogic stretching and meditation, while others vehemently disagree. I was in the audience when a Catholic speaker explained that movements of the body are spiritually neutral.
I turned into the upper middle-class neighborhood. Nice two-story houses with pristine lawns lined the clean streets. All very pleasant and respectable. I turned on one street then another, following the directions the woman gave me. Suddenly, I started feeling funny. I was getting agitated. It was a subtle feeling that I didn’t really pay