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To Be Transfigured Is to Become More Beautiful
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Spiritual Back Flips
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The Ten “Love” Commandments
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The Gift of Jesus
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Ten Lepers and the Power of Gratitude
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Increase Our Faith
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Accepting God’s Yes
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“And all that is within me, bless His Holy Name!”
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How Tremendous Are Your Deeds, My God!
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THE GLORIOUS MYSTERY REVEALED
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Jesus I Trust in You: Putting Out Your Net
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Do Whatever He Tells You
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“FOLLOW THE STAR”
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The Wilderness
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Here We Go Again
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KING OF GLORY
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The Law of Sacrifice becomes the Law of Love
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Bottomless Grace: A Widow’s Might
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Church Ladies Unite!
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Be Filled with the Spirit of the Lord!
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An Important Question
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JESUS, OUR HEALER
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Every Perfect Gift
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REAP WHAT YOU SOW
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Ode to a Day
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What Good Are You?
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Mary of Magdalene
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God’s Plan Is Greater
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Jesus Heals My Afflictions and Brings me Peace
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Point to Jesus
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Tiny Seeds, Plentiful Branches
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THE LOVE OF GOD REVEALED
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“Wait for the Promise of the Father”
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From Ascension to Pentecost
By Deborah Kendrick Untitled by Monika Baechler via Pixabay. [...]
The Collision
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The Depth of our Interior Life Depends on our Willingness to Leave our Comfort Zone
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“My Lord and My God!”
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HIS GLORY REVEALED
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Into the Light
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Our Loving Father Will Call Us Home
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A Day at the Beach: Learning to Be at Peace With Myself
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By Karen Sheehy Untitled by Köln/Deutschland via Pixabay. CC0 [...]
Armies to Journey With Us
By Susanna Parent The readings for the first Sunday this [...]
God’s People
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Why me? Why You?
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Seek God and begin again, again
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We wait for the Lord
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Wise Women Will Always Seek Him
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The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
By Sharon Wilson Untitled by Wendy Corniquet via Pixabay. [...]
God’s Dwelling Place
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A Healing Story
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MAKE ROOM FOR JESUS IN ADVENT
By Sarah Christmyer Untitled by Petra Osterreich via Pixabay. [...]
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By Sarah Damm Untitled by Joanna Kosinska via Unsplash. [...]
Living Thanksgiving
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Ten Wise Virgins
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Where’s the nuts and bolts?
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“Those People”
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Two Sides of a Coin
By Heidi Hess Saxton Untitled by Esa Riutta via [...]
Wedding Day Jitters
By Emily Cavins Untitled by Gerald Friedrich via Pixabay. [...]
A Bounty Like No Other
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Sharing in the Heart of Christ
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The Portent of a Sinless, Virgin Mother of God
By Sonja Corbitt Untitled by janeb13 via Pixabay. CC0 [...]
The Angry Mom
By Heidi Hess Saxton Untitled by crkmaga via Pixabay. [...]
Moving Beyond the Hurt
By Lucy Johnson Untitled by Gerd Altmann via Pixabay. [...]
A Bride of Christ, In Good Times and Bad
By Karen Sheehy Untitled via Pixabay. CCO I [...]
On Earth as in Heaven
By Heidi Hess Saxton Church of Domine Quo [...]
DO YOU BEAR SPIRITUAL FRUIT?
By Kathleen Billings Copyright 2017 Kathleen Billings. All rights [...]
If God in His Wisdom Allows the Struggle, He will equip us with His Strength
By Kathleen Billings I once heard the phrase "If God [...]
It Is Good That We Are Here
By Kate Anderson Untitled by Cheryl Holt via Pixabay. [...]
“What do you want…?”
By Heidi Hess Saxton What is your strongest memory of [...]
Two sides of the same coin.
By Karen Sheehy Untitled by Silke via Pixabay. [...]
God Invites Us to be Rich Soil
By Sarah Damm Untitled by surajith s via Pexels. [...]
Those Who Are Bowed Down
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Life, Lost and Found
By Melanie Rigney Untitled by Wokandapix via Pixabay. CC0 [...]
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By Dr. Carol Younger Untitled by Bernhard GOR via [...]
Corpus Christi : The Broken and The Whole
By Jill Mraz Untitled by Ambrose Littlevia Flikr. (CC [...]
“I didn’t know that”
By Lucy Johnson Untitled by Arno Smit via Unsplash. [...]
Lessons Learned from a Bakery Cake
By Marge Fenelon Gender Reveal Cake by Jim via [...]
Share The Love!
By Rhonda Zweber Sharing by Nathan via Flikr. CC [...]
Advocacy is for each of us
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Happy Mother’s Day
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Redeeming My Eden
By Sonja Corbitt Untitled by Sergey Klimkin via Pixabay. [...]
Jesus Draws Near on the Road to Emmaus
By Sarah Damm Untitled by Toni Lluch via Unsplash. [...]
Well-fed by the spirit – Jesus, I trust in you!
By Kerry McGuire Almost a decade ago, I walked in [...]
To Love Greatly
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How Long Do You Have to Wait?
By Colleen Mitchell Waiting by audi_insperationvia Flickr. CC BY [...]
Children of the Light
By Debby Giusti Crystal by Liz West via [...]
A Challenge and A Prayer For You
By Lucy Johnson Untitled by Victrixia Montes via Pixabay. [...]
In with the good, out with the good
By Jill Mraz Untitled by Tim Bish via Unsplash. [...]
Don’t worry, be hopeful!
Eating Bird by Sawyer Atkins (2012) via Flickr, CC [...]
Be Perfect…really, God?
By Stephanie Landsem Untitled By Comsavo (Own work) via [...]
Seek the Lord with All Your Heart
By Karen Sheehy “Ask, and you will receive. Seek, [...]
I’m going to let it shine
By Lynne Keating Untitled by Anemone123 via Pixabay. CCO [...]
Looking for the Kingdom
By Emily Cavins Anemone by Yael Orrelle via Pixabay. [...]
Stepping Forward with Humble Faith
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A Gift to be Used
By Allison Gingras Untitled by Jess Foami via Pixabay. [...]
O, Come Let Us Adore Him
By Deborah Kendrick Original Artwork by William Kendrick, courtesy [...]
Today, We Have Been Given a Title
By Lynne Keating “He gave power to become children of [...]
Ask. Pray. Dream. Obey.
By Dr. Carol Youngers Untitled by Fabian Barral via [...]
A Sunny Day at the Lake
By Alyssa Bormes Untitled by Lee Seonghak via Pixabay. [...]
Advent’s Gift of Silence and Stillness
By Sarah Damm I open my planner and see all [...]
Find Me Ready, Lord
By Katie Warner I was pregnant with my second child—a [...]
A Child King
By Sharon Wilson Untitled by Madi Robson via Unsplash. [...]
Pray for Wisdom
By Katesy Long Photo byCristian Newmanvia Unsplash. When [...]
What would You say?
By Lucy Johnson Photo by Jordi Fernandez courtesy of [...]
Mercy, bringing Joy is on the Way!
By Carol Younger Untitled by Josh Applegate via Unsplash [...]
The Forgotten Ones
The Grandview Farm Baby Cemetery lies about 2 miles south [...]
God Encourages Us to Never Give Up on Prayer
By Sarah Damm As I celebrated my 40th birthday, I [...]
Dying to be Healed
By Lynne Keating Today’s Scriptures are so familiar that we [...]
Complementarity: a new word for a timeless truth
By Dr. Deborah Savage It is probably fair to say [...]
Serving the Lord With Zeal and Discernment
By Debby Giusti Today’s Gospel reading—the parable about Lazarus hungering [...]
Time for a Selfie
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Wishes Really Do Come True
By Allison Gingras A clean heart create for me, O [...]
Carrying Your Cross
By Rhonda Zweber Before my diagnosis of cancer, I never [...]
Whose Yoke Are You Carrying?
By Lynne Keating Recently, I retired. It was difficult. Yes, [...]
Anchor of Peace
By Susanna Bolle Photo courtesy of Susanna Bolle. All [...]
Don’t Ask More of Yourself Than God Does
By Sarah Damm Sometimes it feels like I am carrying [...]
Trusting the Lord in All Things
By Jennifer Beutz Photo Courtesy of Jennifer Beutz. Used [...]
The Camino
By Alyssa Bormes Camino de Santiago. Photo courtesy of [...]
All Good Gifts
By Melanie Rigney When it came to presents, my mother [...]
Are You a Martha or a Mary?
By Lucy Johnson Growing up across the street from St. [...]
Go and Do Likewise
By Allison Gingras Vacation Bible School—a glorious avenue of extending [...]
Who Do You Say That I Am?
By Rhonda Zweber Today’s gospel reading (Luke 9:18-24) is a [...]
Approaching the Sacred Heart of Jesus
By Sarah Damm Did you know that every month is [...]
The Interior Altar
By Lynne Keating It was a frigid and particularly dark [...]
My Offering
By Debby Giusti “Taking the five loaves and two fish, [...]
From the Heart of Mary
By Deborah Kendrick Forty years after my conversion to Christianity, [...]
From the Vine ~ Come, Holy Spirit!
By Crystal Crocker My husband paid the driver, as our [...]
From the Vine ~ Motherhood and the Call to Welcome Others Toward God
By Anne Carraux "It is easy to love the people [...]
From the Vine ~ His Own Fiat
By Susanna Bolle "Rays of the Sun" by Susanna [...]
From the Vine ~ All Things New
By Lynne Keating "The Mount of Beatitudes" by Konrad [...]
From the Vine ~ Little Acts Equal Love in a Big Way
By Kerry McGuire Photo by @carinacraftblog, 2012, via Flickr. [...]
From the Vine ~ When Was the First Mass?
By Emily Cavins "Day 329. Eucharist." by David Mulder, [...]
From the Vine ~ A Resurrection in Afternoon Sunshine
By Carol Younger Photo courtesy of Carol Younger. [...]
From the Vine ~ Celebrating Easter for 50 Days
By Sharon Wilson On the first day of the week, Mary [...]
From the Vine ~ Hosanna! … Crucify Him!
By Crystal Crocker Palm Sunday by CKSherrod/CCO via Pixabay. [...]
From the Vine ~ Martha the Believer
By Stephanie Landsem Scenes of the Legend of Sts. [...]
From the Vine ~ The Other Brother
By Allison Gingras Photo by TanTanika, 2015, in public [...]