Showing posts with label prayer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prayer. Show all posts
Sunday, January 24, 2021

Here's what I Know

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None of us know what the next day holds, a child in the hospital, a bad diagnosis, a job loss, a death, all of these were in the petitions o...
Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Silent

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Every year, I use the Saint Generator and the word generator.  This year, what struck me was the word.  Silent.  It is something missing fro...
Saturday, March 9, 2019

Having So Much More to Give

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There are moments when you discover the gifts of others in the midst of doing ordinary things that make one wonder, how did I miss this befo...
Friday, September 28, 2018

Surprise...at the Register Again

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I submitted this piece a while ago, but tinkered with it after the fact which frustrates me from a writing stand point.  That being said, yo...
Saturday, August 25, 2018

1,300 Embraced Splinters

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Over and over again, in everyday stuff and online, I find faces of despair.  People have much to be angry over, and they're hurt they ha...
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Monday, April 23, 2018

Over at the Register

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Today, we're talking about how  prayer is not an answer but a response to God's call.
Saturday, September 9, 2017

Your Irony Supplement for the Day

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For those who don't know, I started up work this week.  I'd say this explains the tardiness in posting links to publications but I w...
Wednesday, August 9, 2017

A Plea for All of Us to Pray for All of Us

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The Catholic blogosphere is as diverse as the Church itself, with people who wrestle earnestly with issues both big and small, but who try a...
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Wednesday, July 12, 2017

I have a piece over at the National Catholic Register

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I have a piece over at the Register, discussing the Pope's words and our obligation to them.
Monday, June 19, 2017

New Piece at the Register

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It began as an intellectual response to a fellow writer's lament at rage being all the rage these days, it resulted in a piece over at t...
Friday, April 7, 2017

Pray and Fast and Give Alms for Peace

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The Syrian crisis is as complex as anything one might imagine.   Here are some of the key points from the past four years alone.   Suffice...
Thursday, March 2, 2017

Over at the National Catholic Register/Day 2

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It was a pleasing surprise to discover this piece over at  the National Catholic Register. It's called 5 Ways to Go Deeper and Deeper I...
Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Over at Aleteia Today!

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Getting ready for Lent? Want Ideas? This isn't a piece giving you 40 ways in 40 days, but trying to get at the reality of how we shoul...
Sunday, December 25, 2016

Speak Your Heart's Desire

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We'd wrapped until 12, 2 and 4 respectively.  The little ones got up at 5:45 am. So we woke or tried to, and watched as our children r...
Saturday, November 19, 2016

We Are Always a Broken People But We're Called to be Better

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I  hoped the election, (whichever way it went), once over, would allow people to go back to being able to speak to each other online and in ...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Why I Love Ash Wednesday

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Ash Wednesday for me is always March 5, 2014, the day my father died.  I don't even remember if I got ashes on that day, but nothing bri...
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Thursday, January 21, 2016

I have a piece over at Aleteia today.

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Prayer life, like Exercise, is something you will.
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Thursday, July 16, 2015

Small Success Thursday

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Today, I tell the story of an answered prayer that helped me pray.
Friday, February 27, 2015

Priorities....

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No one is so efficient as the person who would get work done if only.  Today, I sit thinking how clean the house would be if even one of my ...
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Walk into the Desert

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Today is Ash Wednesday. Liturgically, it's the anniversary of my father's death.  The actual date is two weeks away, but nothing qui...