When God Blog-Bombed Me

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Thursday, July 23, 2015

I Do Not Permit a Woman to Teach or Have Authority

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I am not a Scripture scholar, although I have studied theology at the graduate level. So what I'm about to say is not the result of ...
Sunday, July 19, 2015

Sunday is for Heaven

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In my mind, the Sunday or feast day celebration is about two things, or two sides of this coin: First, we unite ourselves as deeply as ...
Sunday, May 17, 2015

Practical Christian Intercession, Part Two

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God our Father, make us joyful in the ascension of your Son Jesus Christ. May we follow him into the new creation, for his ascension is ...
Thursday, May 14, 2015

Practical Christian Intercession, Part One

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It doesn't take a deeply religious person to offer to say a prayer for someone. It is a common response to hearing of a tragedy, sudden ...
Wednesday, May 06, 2015

Divine Intimacy, and a Carmelite story

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Today, I cracked open my belated Christmas gift just recently in at the used book store for me: It was quite a moment. It look me bac...
Saturday, April 25, 2015

A god who loves me

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My life has been full of service lately, keeping me busy . More church music than I can shake a stick at. Add to that I've felt out of k...
Monday, April 13, 2015

So, I Went on Retreat and Turned into a Baby

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Last weekend I went on retreat with about 50 other Secular Carmelites in western PA, among them, eight others from my own community. In a wa...
Sunday, April 12, 2015

Little People

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I was on retreat this weekend, and the retreat master closed the last conference with this poem. It perfectly sums up how we are called to ...
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...
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Learning to Pray: Still, Yet, Again

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I am learning. I'm not exactly sure of the chicken-egg sequence involved, but I am learning that when I have a question for the Lord abo...
Monday, March 16, 2015

Dear Ms. Disappointed Catholic Blogger Woman

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I read this pos t earlier today about a woman's disappointment with belonging to an average parish, and how she found her solace in book...
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Thursday, March 12, 2015

The Little Charismatic Way

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This is a thinking post, not a thought-out post. I'm writing so that I understand. Yesterday I posted about having finished the book ...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Read This Book! Everything is Grace:The Life and Way of Therese of Lisieux

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I have just finished reading the book Everything Is Grace: The Life and Way of Therese of Lisieux by Joseph F. Schmidt, FSC. I can't...
Sunday, March 01, 2015

The Problem with Catholics

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This has been rattling around in my heart for a long time but has recently struck me with pristine clarity: American Catholic Christians are...
Thursday, February 26, 2015

Available

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I am constantly just beginning to learn things about the spiritual life. Last night as I was tired earlier than usual I pulled St. Fau...