If you continue to doubt after reading even one of these books, God help you! These are the strongest and most earth shattering miracles ever known.
You are called by God to be a saint! And that all important calling from the Lord is not just to be seriously considered on All Saints Day – but every day!
Having already raised eight children, it took constant vigilance, wit, discussion, perseverance and prayer to get through. Mind, this was in the ’60s and ’70s — look at what parents have to contend with today.
No memories of my mother Dorothy are as powerful as watching her saying the rosary at the kitchen table every morning. Whatever was going on with our family, her day would start with coffee and one of the mysteries.
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In my opinion, have we lost trust in Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who may just be as frustrated as we are and who wants the violence to stop.
“We were instantly ordered to stop playing this riot creating music and we instantly switched to “In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus” and other beer drinking songs. We completed our evening playing Schunkelmusik, but were never hired to play at Mount Angel again.”
Sometimes, we stop noticing stupendous incidents right before our eyes. It’s usually because they are so steady, so dependable. How often do we feel a thrill of gratitude that drinkable water spurts from our kitchen taps? Do we throw our hands up in spontaneous praise when we inhale and just the right life-sustaining gases flow into our lungs? Such may be the case for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
Because suffering almost always imposes itself on us during life, and especially at the end of life, it can be helpful to reflect on the need to accept some personal suffering as we die, even as we recognize the importance of palliative steps and other comfort measures.
Remember the writing assignments teachers would spring on unsuspecting students their first week of school? Bleary-eyed kids waxed eloquent on such profound themes as: “What I did over summer break,” or “How going back to school is ruining my life.” It’s been many moons since I’ve considered these critical questions, mostly because — for numerous years as a busy wife, mother, and worker bee — the words “break”’ and “summer” didn’t compute.
Almost 75 years after the last of the Nazi death camps were liberated, the world is watching a new generation succumb to the poison that many had assumed had been eliminated when the world was shown those horrors.
The new edifice is beautifully located at the Eastern extremity of the city and is built in the Gothic style, the main edifice being sufficiently large to accommodate the congregation of East Portland for many years to come.
I just read Katie Scott’s excellent story on Father Gary Smith in the Catholic Sentinel. Thank you for the wonderful storytelling.
I think if only Luther could have hung around for 500 years, he would be watching the church he opposed so strongly coming apart from within.
In the past 12 months, we witnessed the actions of our U.S. senators and representatives in the Kavanaugh and Russia hearings. So, who is preferable to exercise more control over our health care: Congress or the Sisters of Providence?