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Book Review: “A Billion Reasons Why”
A Billion Reasons Why by Kristin Billerback Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2011 Reading “A Billion Reasons Why” by Kristin Billerbeck is like enjoying a sweet piece of milk chocolate. It is a big helping of literary comfort food. Katie McKenna thought she left her life as a singer and dancer in New Orleans behind her, along […]
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Why is St. Anthony’s Help Sought in Finding Lost Things?
Have you ever prayed to St. Anthony to help you find a lost item? This is a practice I learned from my mother when I was a little girl. Whenever something was missing, she encouraged me to seek his intercession. Over the years, St. Anthony has helped me find many, many things. He hears from […]
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Book Review: “Pausing to Pray – Lenten Meditations for Busy People”
Pausing To Pray Lenten Meditations for Busy People With Excerpts from the Diary of St. Faustina and Meditations by Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception Compiled and arranged by Sarah M. Chichester Stockbridge, MA: Marian Press, 2010 Lent is right around the corner. “Pausing to Pray: Lenten Meditations for Busy People” offers short reflections for […]
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Book Review: Exposed
Exposed: Inexcusable Me…Irreplaceable Him by Shannon M. Dietz Pleasant Word, 2010 At World Youth Day 2005 in Kolin, Germany, Shannon Dietz was approached by a stranger with a startling message. “God is using you and wants you to be bold. He wants you to tell your story – all of it. Some people may not […]
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There is More than One Way to Be a Good Mom
The word vocation means a “call.” In Catholic circles, it refers to a call from God. Many women receive a call from God to motherhood. It is a noble call, a challenging call, a call that will frequently bring a woman to her personal limits and to her knees in prayer. Yet, it has immense […]
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Book Review: “Flight Plan: Your Mission to Become a Man”
Flight Plan by Lee Burns & Braxton Brady PDS Publishing, 2010 Obviously, I have little first-hand knowledge of the challenges that come with growing from a boy to a man, yet I am in charge of raising two boys who will all too soon be facing this transition. It is through those eyes that I […]
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Depending on God
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:3 Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over unclean spirits. He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick –no food, no sack, no money in […]
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Lot’s Wife and Me
Lot’s wife is one of those Biblical characters we usually don’t think about very much. If we do, it is usually with a very negative impression. She is given no name of her own and is mentioned only three times in all of Scripture. The first time is in the book of Genesis. Angels came […]
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Book Review: “A Life in Letters”
Thomas Merton: A Life in Letters: The Essential Collection Edited by William H. Shannon and Christine M. Bochen Notre Dame: Ave Maria Press, 2010 I came to “A Life in Letters” knowing relatively little about Thomas Merton. I had heard of him, knew he was a monk, and that he died in Asia in the […]
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Does God Actually Have a Plan for Our Lives?
When my time in this world is over, I hope that I have the opportunity to ask God one question. Actually, I would like to ask many more than one, but if could ask only one it would be: Was there a plan for my life? A good friend and I debate this frequently. I […]