When God Blog-Bombed Me

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Showing posts with label Notes to Self. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Notes to Self. Show all posts
Saturday, January 06, 2024

A New (Leg of the) Journey

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 New years and new things may suggest each other, but I'm not one to choose some big newness project on January 1. Gosh, even writing th...
Sunday, May 07, 2023

Following up on Things Previously Said

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Clearly I don't blog much anymore, so when I do write something, it helps me keep track of my interior landscape all the better. On Apri...
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Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Inflating my Christmas Hope

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I admit it; Christmas has been going flat for me. As a small child there was, I suppose, glitz that even I managed to be excited about, and ...
Thursday, April 09, 2015

Easter Frustrations

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Perhaps because I am perennially optimistic, I think this is a good sign. Almost everywhere I look, everything I listen to within my Catholi...
Thursday, December 19, 2013

God's Answer to my "How To" Question

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I wish I had a word for this mood surrounding me of late. I think of it as a sort of impotent intensity. I feel this great driving urge with...
Monday, October 15, 2012

Words out of Silence

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This morning I had an interesting experience. It is the feast of St. Teresa of Avila, so some of the local Carmelite community met for Mass ...
Wednesday, October 03, 2012

I Don't Do People Very Well

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Some of the reasons I write this blog to begin with include helping me process and understand what happens in my life and thoughts, and havi...
Thursday, July 12, 2012

The Power of Carrying Out One's Duty

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In 2007 my family and I traveled a few counties to our north to hear Anne speak (Anne, a lay apostle, associated with Direction for our Time...
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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Learning to Trust

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Last night I started writing about trust, but got too tired before I could get any clear flow of thought going. Today the familiar tide is ...
Monday, April 02, 2012

Thank You, but No, I don't want your hug

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This has been a Lent like no other. Yesterday I had an experience in prayer that was both instructive and rather hilarious at the same time....
Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Conversion

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Sometimes when I clean my house, in an effort to do a quick and efficient job, I get a large box and pick up all of the scattered bits and j...
Sunday, December 26, 2010

The Impact of Liturgy Celebrated Well

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A few weeks ago, I happened to be listening to a CD by Scott Hahn on Advent, which is available from Lighthouse Catholic Media . Some of yo...
Sunday, November 28, 2010

Choosing Happiness

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I'm still feeling a bit stunned by an experience I had tonight while watching a movie. I want to just hold on to that for now, so that...
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

I Need to Trust my WHAT?!

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Recently as I was talking with a priest friend, he said something that really stunned me. He said, "Marie, you need to learn to trust y...
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Monday, November 08, 2010

Partners

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Wow... I'm hitting that "it's almost time for bed and I haven't written my daily blog post" point. I think this is why...
Friday, November 05, 2010

Lazarus, Come Out!

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The Lord can reach through time and space And touch a wound, heal a pain Fill a gap, leave a grace Leaving a soul richer than the day of its...
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Friday, March 19, 2010

Finding My Words

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This morning I was doing a bunch of little writing tasks, one of which was to send an email to a friend. I knew basically what I wanted to s...
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Friday, January 01, 2010

New Year's Homily

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Last night my family attended Mass together to celebrate the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. Our pastor's homily has stuck with me. Fr...
Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Why?

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This morning after Mass, my pastor told me he'd seen me on TV the day before. Remembering the clip (which you can see here ), I reflexi...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

An Incarnational Naru Hodo Moment

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Just now, after noon Mass, my children and I went for a little stroll through the outdoor stations of the cross . As we strolled I stopped ...
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