As an overthinker, too often I can lay awake while my mind runs races around the course of the same worrying thoughts. I’ve taken to turning on the EWTN app, going to OnDemand, scrolling down to the Homilies, Prayers and Devotions button, then to the Rosaries and Prayers. As I first lay down to go […]
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It has been almost 15 months since I came to take care of Terry. I never imagined I would be here this long. I was just supposed to be here long enough to arrange for someone else to take care of him. Friends advised against it. I certainly didn’t want to be in a terrible
At a certain point in my life, I had an experience that defined the course of my life. I had a series of supernatural encounters with God disguised as some random, outrageous thoughts that years later would come back to haunt me. Not knowing much about my Catholic faith growing up, I easily wandered into
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In 1990, it was rather risqué for anyone to meet someone from an ad in the newspaper or online. Of course, at the time, most people stayed connected through television or newspapers. The Internet was not widely used and dating websites were practically non-existent. So, when people asked us how we met, just to see
I recently read an article, Exorcist Chat #206: Am I a Spiritual Sensitive? (catholicexorcism.org), describing what a “spiritual sensitive” is. To another, the working of miracles; to another, prophecy; to another, the discerning of spirits; to another, diverse kinds of tongues; to another, interpretation of tongues. ~1 Corinthians 12:10 I have, on occasion, felt the presence of a
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I’ve been watching—again—the recent hit series, The Chosen. I particularly enjoy how the writers/producers of the series have created stories around the biblical accounts. I appreciate the God-given gift of imagination and the way the writers/producers use this gift to build backgrounds for people about whom we know almost nothing. In essence, putting flesh on
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
This past week was the sixth anniversary of my Confirmation. Catholics in this country are usually Confirmed as a teenager, but somehow, I missed the memo. This could very well have been the reason why, in my twenties, I wandered away from the Catholic church. I was drawn to the contemporary love ballads to Jesus
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How many times do bad things happen and we wonder where was God and why did He let this happen to me? How many times do we avoid an accident on the road, come back with test results declaring our tumor is benign instead of malignant, or any number of things that could have gone
I was recently reminded about a time, many years ago, when the Lord led me on a fast. I was part of a non-denominational community where prayer and fasting were common, but my life was so stressful and physically taxing that I had a hard time committing to it. The country was coming up to