Today, I share both my reflection and the wonderful community of CatholicMom.com with each of you! Tune in daily for wonderful insights, reflections, recipes, book reviews and more! Today's Gospel: Luke 12:49-53 If you were looking today for that feel-good Gospel passage, you might just walk away disappointed. Yet, Jesus never said that discipleship was one of convenience… Continue reading Gospel Reflections: Luke 12:49-53
If we are blessed that we may discover that we can "find God in all things", be "surprised by joy", stand outside ourselves and see the world from a single perspective from which God sees it, integrated and whole. Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits Vol. XX, 5, November 1989 Earlier this week, to my… Continue reading Flip the Script
You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely. You hem me in behind and before, and you… Continue reading Worth Revisiting: There You Are!
Today, I share both my reflection and the wonderful community of CatholicMom.com with each of you! Tune in daily for wonderful insights, reflections, recipes, book reviews and more! Gospel: Matthew 7:15-20 As a mom, we can easily recognize those choices that our children are asked to make each day. The food that they eat, the things that… Continue reading Gospel Reflections: Matthew 7: 15-20
Physically and mentally exhausted, and having just navigated through a harried drive home I slumped through the door. Admittedly this extroverted people loving person was not in the mood to be in community for the rest of the evening. Yet, since being a wife and a mother total isolation is never a true viable option,… Continue reading Worth Revisiting: Worn and Weathered
Lately, I have found myself marveling once again at the way God can lead us in our ordinary day if we are receptive and listening. Whether it be an unplanned event, conversation, or the bedside of a friend- unimaginable grace and surprises await when we simply say yes to God's movement in our day. Sometimes… Continue reading Worth Revisiting: Where We Are Meant To Be
Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?” They came out of the town and made their way toward him. John 4:28 Growing up as a southern girl in a small town, where everyone… Continue reading In Search of Water
What does God's promise fulfilled look like to you? In this season of Advent we travel with Mary to visit her elderly cousin Elizabeth. There is both the infinitely salvific promise begun within Mary, a mere 14, but also the one now visible with Elizabeth believed to be well in her 70s. Like Mary, Elizabeth… Continue reading His Promise
You may have heard the expression that "cleanliness is next to Godliness" and without a doubt this would not be a beloved mantra by most. Yesterday just so happened to be my opportunity to catch up on all the neglected household chores of the week. From the kitchen to the bathrooms, floors and counter tops,… Continue reading Worth Revisiting: Cleaning House This Advent
"The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.” Zeph. 3:17 Have you ever experienced a time of holy delight with God? Lately, I have noticed something quite exquisite happening in my… Continue reading Worth Revisiting: My Delight
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