Subjects regarding ways to pray.
My dad was about to turn 79 years old. A couple of years before when my mom turned 80, the whole family planned a big birthday bash. In 2013, at age 78, my dad now had cancer and we didn’t know if he would make it to 80, so we planned his big birthday party […]
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I had just moved out of state and was trying to figure out a new daily routine having just added a new part time job to my Uber driving income. I had gotten up at 5:00 AM to get to 6:30 Mass, grabbed a cup of coffee and scone from the local coffee shop and
This past weekend, I helped with a retreat called Holy Spirit 101. It is based on the book by the same title written by a young woman, Victoria Harris, aka Tori, who has prayed for many people to be healed—and they were. She was getting some of the usual resistance that comes with operating in
During the COVID lock-down, I had signed up with a company that sold drop-ship websites. For the bargain price of $5000.00 they would build a website, including all the products, that would make a decent income for me. They implied many things, none of which were spelled out in the contract, but being the honest
A year or two passed and it happened again. Once again, my husband and I were shopping together. Once again, a rainstorm kept us from going to our van. Once again, I asked the Lord to stop the rain. This time however, I asked for 10 minutes. This time, I was already driving before the
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Since my husband worked at home, I usually went to the grocery store by myself. However, since my husband was self-employed, he made his own hours. This time we went to the grocery store together. After an hour shopping, we paid for our groceries and headed to the door to leave. Two or three other
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In our training at Encounter Ministries, we are taught that in the study of psychology, each person’s identity comes from their father. When you think about it, it is a tragic thing when one considers how many people grow up in households where there is no father. It is such a common occurrence that nobody
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The old country house had been abandoned for 12 years. The elderly man who had owned it left when his wife of 54 years passed. At one point, the pipes burst, flooding the 1600 square feet and ruining everything six inches down. Drywall, trim, carpet and what had been hard wood flooring. Lush green pastures,
With the reversal of Roe v. Wade, I thought I would tell this story of a woman in an unknown country who has had to live with the pain of two rapes and their consequent abortions. The media tell women that abortion will solve all their problems. It is only afterward that women feel the
The other day, a friend told me that he had been to his first Latin Mass at Mater Dei in Dallas, Texas. In his opinion, it was a mistake to have the priest turn away from the people for the entirety of the Mass. He understood and appreciated the fact that, turning towards the Tabernacle,
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