Living
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End Human Trafficking Now
Yesterday was Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Maybe you’re like me and are sickened by human trafficking — but don’t know where to begin. This post is for you. I just have to say this up front — especially to all the mamas out there — you do not have to go down the rabbit hole of all the sordid details involving human trafficking to make a huge difference in the fight against human trafficking. So know your heart. I know myself well enough to know that I can’t read too many details — especially when it comes to child trafficking — I know it’s an evil straight out of the…
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How Are We Christians Doing With That “They Will Know You By Your Love” Thing?
By this all men will know that you are My disciples — if you love one another.” John 13:35 Hate to admit it, but as I scroll down my various social media feeds, I find myself wondering how we Christians are doing with that whole “they will know you by your love” thing? Is it safe to say, “not so well”?😬 The good news, though, is that in real life I’d give us all a much higher grade — because in real life, I think we’d say about half the things we do when we’re typing away on our keyboards. It’s just the nature of the beast, as they say.…
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Why Are We All So Dang Angry, Anxious and Afraid?
Why are so many of us so dang angry, anxious and afraid? Oh, I don’t know — maybe it’s because we are all spending way too much time scrolling, and not enough time interacting with real people. Maybe it’s because we are focused on the things that anger us and frighten us — so much so, that we’ve forgotten about all the beautiful things in this life and the life to come. Or maybe some of us don’t believe in the next life — that this is all the life we’ve got — so we fight tooth and nail to control everybody around us so that our “quality of…
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#1 Mom Hack For When You Are Weary
For the first time in about 10 months I am going to finally see my parents and some other family this weekend. Hooray! But let me tell you, I am weary! There is so much to do before I can actually see these people I can’t wait to see — which is my long way of saying this post is going to be short. Ha, ha. So I thought I would share my #1 mom-hack for when you are weary. Here it is: if you are scared or weary or your prayer life is dry or you are worried about somebody you love and don’t quite know how to help…
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The Sacred Heart of Jesus
“Beloved, let us love one another; God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him; if anyone says, “I love God” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.” I John 4:7, 16, 20 Enough said! Let’s go out and share the love of Christ with a world that is desperate for it. Don’t know where to begin, begin at home. Don’t think you have the strength, spend time with Jesus. He will give you the strength. Don’t think it’s possible to love certain…
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The Catholic Response to Racism
So much sadness going on right now in our country — and it’s a sadness that seems to be almost as old as time itself. It’s a sadness that was never meant to be — a sadness rooted in the original Fall of Adam and Eve. That Fall from grace had consequences for the rest of us. It left our hearts broken in different ways, and what was once “unthinkable” became possible in the hearts of man. Racism is a result of the Fall from grace. It has taken different forms — but racism, in any form, is evil. It is a sin against charity. It strikes out against the…
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The Purpose of Anger
Let’s just be honest, there are many reasons for all of us to be angry right now. So much injustice going on in the world, so many innocent people suffering at the hands of others, violence in the streets and homes and places of work. Not to mention the policies of corrupt (or at the very least completely inept!) politicians that have led to the death of innocent men, women and children around the world. It can be absolutely heartbreaking! Correction: it should be absolutely heartbreaking. We should be angry in the face of oppression and discrimination and injustice — and if we don’t find ourselves angry at these things,…
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Trying to Make the Most of It
Hey guys, I’m about to run out the door so I can line up at a grocery store before the crowds hit. Such crazy times! On a more positive note, I decided to go early so I can get back in time to join the rest of the family for a 3pm reconsecration of our Diocese to Mary, the Mother of God. Hooray! It’s happening all around the country, and this is a positive move forward, in my opinion. So hope you will join in and be part of it, wherever you find yourself. Besides that, I’ve been trying my best to take advantage of all this family time and…
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In God’s Plan of Salvation, We Are All Essential Workers
There are some amazing people out in the world doing amazing things right now to address the challenges we are facing. They have been deemed “essential” and rightly so! Shout-out to all the essential workers out there! You are amazing! But it’s so good to remember that, in God’s plan of salvation, each one of us is essential. We all have a unique part to play in reflecting His love and Light in the world. In fact, we are irreplaceable! There are some people who simply won’t experience God’s love if you or I fail to love them. That’s how crucial we are to God’s plans. The truth is, your…
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Why We Call It Good Friday
Oh, what wondrous love is this — God made Man so that He could die for us and save us from our sins! NO GREATER LOVE! And this is why we call that dark and awful day — almost 2,000 years ago — “Good”. God made it good. He took what was horrific and brutal and unjust — and He transformed it into the possibility of new life for all of us. But there is one catch — we need to accept the grace of that Good Friday and allow it to change us. We need to turn from our sinful ways and begin again. Don’t let this day —…
