Co-blogging my reflections with Cristina at Filling My Prayer Closet on 33 Days to Morning Glory by Fr. Michael E. Gaitley, MIC in preparation for Marian Consecration. Familiar with Louis de Montfort’s treatise on Mary, I have thoroughly enjoyed Gaitley’s use of modern saint stories that bear vivid witness to lives devoted to Marian consecration.… Continue reading Worth Revisiting:Mid Retreat-Consecration to Mary
There is obviously one thing wrong with this picture.The text is incomplete. It fails to convey the full truth that not merely do I Like Mary but I "LOVE her!" However, it wasn't always this way, as for so many years I did not really know my heavenly mother. For loss of better words, I was an estranged… Continue reading A Daughter’s Love
You are invited to join me this week for An Engaging Faith on Breadbox Media daily at 4pm EST Breaking into your ordinary with the extraordinary ... Over the next few weeks, as part of this blog, I will be highlighting a guest from An Engaging Faith. If you have missed any of these… Continue reading An Engaging Faith: Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle
“I will sing of your mercy that leads me through valleys of sorrow to rivers of joy” (The Valley Song- Jars of Clay) Those who know me or follow this blog have heard me speak often about the continual joy that I experience as a Eucharistic minister to the nursing homes. In bringing Christ to… Continue reading Worth Revisiting:Saying Goodbye in Ministry
Many of us might be quite familiar with the scripture that urges us to onward to “run with perseverance the race marked out for us”. (Heb 12:1) I myself have always loved that verse, and yet there are remarkably times when endurance and perseverance are indeed in short supply. Weak, hungry, in need of healing… Continue reading Examen-ing Exhaustion
You are invited to join me this week for An Engaging Faith on Breadbox Media daily at 4pm EST Breaking into your ordinary with the extraordinary ... In the coming weeks ahead, you might notice there isn't a lineup posted for the next week's guests. This is because I will be pausing for a hopefully… Continue reading An Engaging Faith:In the weeks ahead..
While we often give much thought to how we can individually allow others to see Christ in us, it occurred to me that as a family we hadn't really given this much thought. So, this Lent I want to focus on 5 qualities that we as a family consider important. Not only those that we… Continue reading Worth Revisiting:Family Mission
There has been much talk in recent years within ministry about the notion of radical hospitality. Not merely seeking to embrace those we know, it is an openness albeit a willingness to authentically meet and walk with one another in our weakness, suffering, and challenges of life. This is the experience of encounter, and as… Continue reading Radical Hospitality
You are invited to join me this week for An Engaging Faith on Breadbox Media daily at 4pm EST Breaking into your ordinary with the extraordinary ... We start off our week with Simplifying The Soul-Lenten Practices to Renew Your Spirit with Paula Huston, then Jamie Arpin-Ricci joins us to discuss Vulnerable Faith: Missional Living in the… Continue reading An Engaging Faith: 2/29-3/4
This Lent, I have decided to grow in my own understanding of Christ through St. Louis de Montfort's Consecration to Jesus through Mary. Having taken February 20th as my start date, I have entered a "retreat" of sorts with the culmination on March 25th The Annunciation of Mary. The feast of the Annunciation of the… Continue reading Worth Revisiting: Marian Consecration
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