November 2011
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tabernacle letters. →
letters to a Beloved Savior, I come to know and love.
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“For to not feel loved, or useful, has to be the root of all...”
– Heather King, Shirt of Flame
December 2010
2 posts
“It is commonly in a somewhat cynical sense that men have said, “Blessed is he...”
– G.K. Chesterton, St. Francis of Assisi as quoted in Advent and Christmas Wisdom from G.K. Chesterton (via my-crazy-catholic-life)
The secret of discernment | Conversion Diary →
November 2010
11 posts
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SHIRT OF FLAME: FIRE EAR →
Heather King reminds me today that I need to pay more attention to the wonders of how God created me. These little intricacies often go unnoticed.
Image ◊ Good Letters: The IMAGE Blog ◊ Trouble and... →
“We remain ignorant of many details, not because God enjoys keeping us in the...”
– Philip Yancey, Disappointment with God
Faith, Fiction, and Flannery: Show Support for... →
Something about the photo haunts me.
“In this season—despite the “not-knowing,” the pain, the fear,...”
– Mystery and Manners
“Life passes, riches fly away, popularity is fickle, the senses decay, the world...”
– Blessed John Henry Newman (via yourgracelikethemorning)
“He is not a means, and our joy is not the end” |... →
What is precious in believing-without-seeing is not the not-seeing but the believing, the strengthening of the faith muscle when the crutches of seeing and feeling are removed. Seeing Him was not enough, for thousands saw Him yet turned away, and even shouted, “Crucify him!” Feeling Him in the heart is not enough either, for that is subjective, that is ours, that is fallible. Furthermore, we are...
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“When I invite you to become saints, I am asking you not to be content with...”
– Pope Benedict XVI (via topraisetoblesstopreach)
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“When I invite you to become saints, I am asking you not to be content with...”
– Pope Benedict XVI
(via theoneswelove)
October 2010
19 posts
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“The answer is not just a word but the Word; not an idea but a person. Clues are...”
– What is God’s Answer to Human Suffering? | The Integrated Catholic Life
I am trying to grasp the reality of Christ in my life.
“There are hardly any human beings who have not felt this pain of...”
– Mother Angelica, His Pain Like Mine
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“The Christian experiences and lives a paradox. He possesses joy in sorrow,...”
– Mother Angelica, His Pain Like Mine
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“We often look at Jesus with an attitude of predestination - a cold, hard-hearted...”
– Mother Angelica, His Pain Like Mine
I breathe this in today because I want to understand suffering better.
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SHIRT OF FLAME: YOU MUST PUT ON THE NEW WOMAN!! →
Obviously enjoying Heather King’s Blog and how breath taking the last line was. I really like how she writes about her journey. It’s real. It’s honest. She balances the mysticism of her search with the raw realities of human life.
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“As you know only too well, the divisions, arguments, and power plays that take...”
– Catherine Doherty
I chance upon this while reading Heather King’s blog this morning and I pray for the moments where my little household tribe tries to persevere in finding that rhythm of being an instrument to restore this love for community by being a community ourselves.
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Thank you to my new followers. Your presence in...
I have other Tumblrs that I’d like to share.
http://iwritetobreathe.tumblr.com - is where I collect random thoughts of inspiration on faith, art and the craft of writing.
http://sitwithme.tumblr.com - is where I share a lot more detail about my journey to live an authentic life of faith.
I hope you can pray for me.
Blessings,
Kathy
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Prayer in Distress
Lord, listen to my prayer: turn your ear to my appeal. You are faithful, you are just; give answer. Do not call your servant to judgment for no one is just in your sight. The enemy pursues my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me dwell in darkness like the dead, long forgotten. Therefore my spirit fails; my heart is numb within me. I remember the days that are past: I ponder...
“For the Church, no one is a stranger, no one is excluded, no one is far away.”
– Pope Paul VI
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“Take great care to avoid the two pitfalls that most people fall into during the...”
– St. Louis Marie de Montfort (via myrosary)
Over the past 3 months, this is something I have come to really appreciate. I wish I could say it more often in the way it should be said.
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“The day you see yourself as you are, you will think it natural to be despised by...”
– St. Josemaria Escriva (via myrosary)
Mystery and Manners: From the Desert →
Another beautiful find from Rachel’s blog.
“Our wounds…we call them nowdays our ‘issues.’ They love to emerge in our early adulthood. And it can feel like you’re getting the hell beaten out of you. This is the beginning of your spiritual training.” “The best way to increase fear in your life is to run from it. It is perhaps the most parasitic of...
“You know well that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our...”
– St. Therese of Liseux, Ora Pro Nobis! (via becket)
September 2010
30 posts
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“O Jesus, meek and humble of heart, hear me.
From the desire of being esteemed,...”
– Litany of Humility by Cardinal Raphael Merry Del Val (via myrosary)
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Taizé - Music →
Last night I bought a book by Brother Roger of Taize entitled God is Love Alone. It got me to look through the Taize website and found these beautiful songs that is calming my soul in the middle of this Tuesday afternoon.
Thank You Lord for finding me.
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“Called to salvation through faith in Jesus Christ “the true light that...”
– Pope John Paul II 6 August 1993 The Splendor of Truth
I find myself reading bits and pieces of this today because I am propelled into a violent search for truth. I realized that sometimes truth is painful because our hearts are not ready to receive it. But when our hearts are ready, truth as the...
Know Thyself | The Integrated Catholic Life →
A similar reflection to the homily I heard this morning.
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“We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for,...”
– St. Teresa of Ávila (via myrosary)
“What the Catholic fiction writer must realize is that those who question [the...”
– Flannery O’Connor (via becket)
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“2562 Where does prayer come from? Whether prayer is expressed in words or...”
– Catechism of the Catholic Church - Christian prayer. Prayer in the Christian life
Another beautiful passage about prayer written in the Catechism.
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“2559 “Prayer is the raising of one’s mind and heart to God or the...”
– Catechism of the Catholic Church - Christian prayer. Prayer in the Christian life
I have been planning to read this section of the Catechism for a month now. I finally got to read it last night. It’s awesome. I’m falling in love with prayer and the truth it reveals about God in my...
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Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan...
thefullnessofthefaith:
St. Augustine
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sit with me: I’d like to talk about Padre Pio... →
sitwithme:
I’d like to talk about Padre Pio today. I have been enchanted by his presence since this morning. It’s something I cannot completely explain but the mass celebrated for my Mom’s healing yesterday had a lasting impact on me.
The kind heart of Tita Kookie (one of our family friends from our Family…
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EXCERPT | We Are Created to Know Truth
LONDON SEPTEMBER 18, 2010- Here is the address Benedict XVI gave today at an open-air prayer vigil in Hyde Park on the eve of the beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman. With this event, he closes the third day of his four-day trip to the United Kingdom.
At the end of his life, Newman would describe his life’s work as a struggle against the growing tendency to view religion as a purely...
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We Were Made to Know the God of Love
LONDON, SEPT. 18, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Here is Benedict XVI’s address delivered today to the youth gathered outside the Cathedral of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, also known as Westminster Cathedral.
Mr. Uche, Dear Young Friends,
Thank you for your warm welcome! “Heart speaks unto heart” - cor ad cor loquitur - as you know, I chose these words so dear to...
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Love your enemies and do good to those who hate...
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“God wanted faith, the Bible says, and that is the lesson Abraham finally...”
– Philip Yancey, Disappointment With God. (via clickpause)
Somehow these words speak to me tonight as I attempt to quiet down from a whole day of work. I do not know what they exactly mean but I know my spirit agrees with what the words are saying. The hurried pace of the past few days keep me from...