I love thee, St Patrick, don’cha know!
‘Tis true! I’m named for himself! St Patrick, pray for me and guide me! St Patrick archives: 2014, 2013
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This makes me think… about being a saint…
As a spiritual director of mine once said when I was asking him to make me into another Catherine of Siena, “God already has St Catherine, now he wants St Ronda.” What we want to imitate in the saints is their love, their zeal, their intimacy with God, their astounding courage, their forgiveness, and their…
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#Fast Fridays in #Lent… not that we might do, that we might be… not the sins, but the faith.
Lent is not a punch card. It is not a ticket to heaven. It is not dues paying or making deposits in some holy account. Lent, in the briefest way, means 40 Days. In the longer way it means this. 40 Days. Productivity experts tell us that it takes more than 30 days to make…
Read MoreThis makes me think… about the intersection of humility and divine mercy…
St. Therese of the Child Jesus teaches, that “what offends God and wounds His heart most is want of confidence” (Letters). To be wanting in confidence in God’s mercy, even after a grave fall, is never a sign of true humility but of insidious pride and diabolical temptation. If Judas had been humble he would…
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#Fast Friday in Lent … mid-Lent, midlife…
Here we are, approaching mid-Lent! I was encouraging my bible study students this week that it is never too late to make a good Lent. Lots of folks have a fast start. They get all excited to maintain the practices of fasting, almsgiving, and prayer and then forget, or can’t maintain the habit, or peter…
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I must thank St John Paul II and Ave Maria Press: Blessed, Beautiful, and Bodacious is now in Polish!
What a thrill to see this book now in print in the mother tongue of St John Paul II — the author of all good things related to the feminine genius. Super that the book will be available for when World Youth Day comes to Krakow, Poland in 2016. (I did not know that…
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The Feminine Genius and reading ’round the Web… Don’t miss these posts!
There has been, in the last two weeks, much important reading on subjects close to my heart, and many women’s hearts, relating to the feminine genius and the beauty of womanhood — and our loss of that sensibility and truth. Much of my writing and speaking in the three years has been to point out…
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Helloooo Montana! I’m off to Billings, MT – come join me at the Sisters in Faith Conference! Mar 20-21!
I’m flying out to the Big Horn Resort in Billings Montana for the Catholic women’s conference — “Sisters in Faith” — sponsored by KJCR radio. Full details here.
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Among Women 189: Leading with Humility — talking about “The Prodigal You Love”
In this latest episode of Among Women, I discuss the unscheduled hiatus of the show in the last couple of months, as well as my forays into the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius. I also welcome my guest, Sr Theresa Aletheia Noble FSP, author of a new book from Pauline Books and Media, The Prodigal You…
Read MoreThis makes me think… a prayer from St Thomas Aquinas to be diligent and to order my day
For Ordering a Life Wisely O merciful God, grant that I may desire ardently, search prudently, recognize truly, and bring to perfect completion whatever is pleasing to You for the praise and glory of Your name. Put my life in good order, O my God. Grant that I may know what You require me to…
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