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Acts 13:14. 35-52; Psalm 100:1-3, 5; Revelation 7:14b-17; John 10:27-30 These forty days after Easter and the nine-day novena preparing for Pentecost have us reading for St. Luke’s Acts of the Apostles, the history of the earliest church. The first half of Acts recounts the teaching and ministry of St. Peter. The second half deals...
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God’s To-Do List for you – Nancy Ward tells a story of a working mother and asks, “What surprises do you imagine God has on his To-Do List for you today?” Joy Stories: Broken Brain, Fortified Faith – Virginia Pillars writes, I look at my daughter Amber and see a miracle. I look back over 12 years and...
Acts 6:1-7; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19; 1 Peter 2:4-9; John 14:1-12 One of the easiest ways to understand our Scriptures is to pray to the Holy Spirit asking him to activate the gift of understanding that we were all given at our baptism and the added gift of understanding from our Confirmation. As we read...
Expectant faith yearns for the Holy Spirit – From earth we yearn for the gifts of the Holy Spirit. From heaven he meets us and gives us himself, his own life. Expectant faith yearns for the Holy Spirit Pentecost People – Featured on CatholicWritersGuild.com – The fire of the Holy Spirit enflames us with lov...
Featured on CatholicMom.com Last Mother’s Day we went to the 10:00 a.m. Mass at St. Jude’s in Allen, TX, with my son Andrew and his family. We arrived early while the choir was practicing and sat in the third row behind their two reserved rows. Andrew prepared his French horn and joined the music...
Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48; Ps 98:1-4; 1 John 4:7-10; John 15:9-17 Good mothers are such a blessing for their husbands and children. I pray for a great increase of God’s love into all mothers as they go about their daily tasks of caring for others. That is what divine and Christ’s love is. As we...