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Moira’s Purgatory
Hello Everybody! Have you ever started a project that you imagined would last a week or two — and one month in, you’re still working on it — with no end in sight? Well, that’s what I did. In my defense, life seems to have gotten back to a healthy pace — and my “helpers” lives have also grown more busy — hence being in the middle of a basement revamp with no end in sight. It brings to mind a place in Ireland, my niece Kate told me about, called Patrick’s Purgatory. It’s a place in which nobody is allowed to sleep or eat more than dry toast and…
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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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The Problem of Silence
Let me start off by saying that I don’t think that silence is a bad thing — in fact, I think that silence is an essential part of establishing and maintaining a relationship with God. So, please don’t misunderstand the title of this post. I think silence is essential, and many of us are not getting enough of it in our own lives. In fact, if you don’t carve out silence in your day and find time to pray and read Gods word and listen to His voice — then I truly do not know how you will be able to navigate around the numerous dumpster fires burning right now…
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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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I’m Exhausted and A New Podcast
Guys, I am physically and emotionally exhausted by the sadness hitting the newsfeeds right now. I really wanted to write a post about the Catholic View on Racism, but it will have to wait until next week. It’s just too much right now. But here’s a quote from one of my hero’s John Paul II that sums up it quite well: “In the last decades…marked by the worrying resurgence of aggressive nationalism, ethnic violence and widespread phenomena of racial discrimination, human dignity has often been seriously threatened. Every upright conscience cannot but decisively condemn any racism, no matter in what heart or place it is found.“ John Paul II, 2001…
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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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That We May Be One
Jesus’ greatest desire is that all who call themselves “Christian” would stand united, before the world. How we doing there? 😬 I think most of us have to admit “not so good” — and it’s not supposed to be that way! And here’s the thing, it’s okay to not see eye to eye on everything. It’s okay to have disagreements. People of faith can disagree and should be open to even passionate discussions on doctrine and working out the differences between us — because these things matter! We shouldn’t fail to discuss the hard stuff for the sake of unity — because that’s just a facade of unity. It’s not…
