This makes me think… Is my identity that of an intentional disciple of Jesus?
Thanks to the Archdiocese of Milwaukee for this video of what discipleship can look like in our lives…
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The Pink Candle and other Musings – from my Patheos archives…
To the uninitiated, that pink candle at church makes no sense from a decorating point of view. It throws off the symmetry of the other three purple candles in the Advent wreath. Yet, it immediately draws attention. A common sight in Advent, the pink or rose candle lit on the Third Sunday is a harbinger,…
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Among Women 188: Mary’s Spiritual Motherhood and Ours
This new episode of Among Women discusses Mary’s spiritual maternity, her spiritual motherhood of the Church, and of us! The recent Marian feasts of Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Immaculate Conception gives the perfect liturgical setting to call women to go deeper with Mary. Not only that, I give my summarization of spiritual motherhood…
Read MoreTo love Mary means to be committed to her son. #OurLadyOfGuadalupe
As we now pray the Angelus and remember the Annunciation of the Lord, our eyes too turn spiritually towards the hill of Tepeyac, to the place where the Mother of God, under the title of “the Ever-Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Guadalupe” has been fervently honoured for centuries as a sign of reconciliation and of…
Read MoreThis makes me think… we need Mary, who carried God within her. #ImmaculateConception
O Mother, how pure you are, you are untouched by sin; yours was the privilege to carry God within you. Antiphon from Morning Prayer, December 8
Read MoreThe F.U.N. Quotient… Prank It Forward gives away a house to a housekeeper
Ok, this was heartwarming and very fun! (8 min. video)
Read MoreThis makes me think… about waiting patiently for God this Advent
How do we wait for God? We wait with patience. But patience does not mean passivity. Waiting patiently is not like waiting for the bus to come, the rain to stop, or the sun to rise. It is an active waiting in which we live the present moment to the full in order to find…
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