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A Hazy Sunrise of Veiled Glory

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A Hazy Sunrise of Veiled Glory

Featured on CatholicMom.com This morning a haze veils the full blaze of the sun’s glory as it rises over the lake. Usually I must shade my eyes as soon as it peeks over the horizon, but not today. I suspect it’s the ozone layer. The still air thickens into pollution and dims the brightness of...

A cross in the sky above Calvary Hill Cemetery, Dallas, TX (photo by Nancy Ward)

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The radiant joy of God’s presence

“Look to him that you may be radiant with joy,” (Psalm 34:6). What keeps us trying to focus our minds on the Lord and turn our hearts toward his? The joy of knowing he transforms us to reflect his presence and glory until we mirror God himself.  This radiant joy creeps into our lives as...