When the bad times can’t get any badder: thank God for God and hold on. #ShareJesus
Been there. This is the truth.
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Recap: Photos from the Sisters In Faith Conference, Billings MT
Thank you, good women of Montana, and sponsor KJCR –Billings Catholic Radio, and all the other sponsors, for an unforgettable two days of wine, women, and song! (and prayer, and talks, and sisterhood, of course!) ::: I really enjoyed having Jaime Thietten along for this event. Her music really complimented the message of the talks…
Read MoreThis makes me think… about what it takes to follow Jesus… I gotta quit my grasping…
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. (Mt 5:8)” The organ for seeing God is the heart. The intellect alone is not enough. … The ascent to God occurs precisely in the descent of humble service, in the descent of love, for love is God’s essence, and is thus the power…
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#Fast Fridays in #Lent… Taming my will and not crushing my spirit when fasting
This Lent, I’ve been working on a deeper sense of fasting. Of course, that’s supposed to be between me and the Lord, but I thought I’d share just a few things that I’m learning about myself and that perhaps these things will resonate with you. If not, just move along with your day, don’t let…
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St Joseph, a more recent hero of mine
A few men in my family have Joseph as a name. Many of my recent meditations on the infancy narratives have given me a stronger love for Joseph. As I’ve been praying the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius, every week I make my own little trip to St Joseph’s retreat house in Milton, MA. So…
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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
Read MoreThis 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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