Being fully alive.
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Courage Allows God to Tell His Story. Gift of the Spirit: Fortitude
It caught me by surprise as I walked to my car after picking up a prescription for my husband at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Because of Covid and the hospital still on operational alert status, I had to do a curbside pick-up. The tears welled up in my eyes and overflowed onto my cheeks thinking about the number of times I parked in the same patient discharge area over the past year and a half, each time waiting for my husband to be released after his cumulative 200+ days as an inpatient. I witnessed my husband’s courage and the Holy Spirit’s Gift of Fortitude, like never before. His willingness to undergo the bone marrow transplant and the associated risks to extend his life on this earth to be with those he loves is fortitude in action. But here we are now enjoying a quarantined life and I was so grateful I was not picking him up again after a discharge. He is our miracle man, a living testimony of God as healer and a vehicle for God to tell His story.
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Prayer for the Love of God.
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Knowing you are God’s Beloved.
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Do you see God as affectionate?
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Want to become contemplative?
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A way of being.
Continue reading “Gift of Goodness – June 15, 2021”Joyful and Reverent Love. Gift of the Spirit: Piety
Truth be told, I have never been curious enough to explore the Gift of Piety as the word itself has been off-putting to me, sounding pretentious or pompous. But after learning the meaning of Piety as the quality of reverence, this gift of the Holy Spirit has taken on a whole new context for me. As I contemplate this gift, I see how it is woven through recent times in my life when God was drawing me closer to Him through silence, and feeling sacred presence in adoration, the eucharist and on pilgrimage surrounded by holy saints. It produces such feelings of joy and reverence in my heart.
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What words come to mind as you think about your work life? Do honest, diligent, hardworking, patient, persevering, charitable, forbearing, pleasant, productive, balanced come to mind? As we honor St. Joseph the Worker on the eve of his feast day tomorrow, we look at who he was as a worker and how he can inspire us in our work life.
Continue reading “Do You Have an Inspired Work Life?”Action: Ready, Fire, Aim or Aim, Ready, Fire?
Have you ever heard the expression ready, fire, aim? It seems to me that a lot of our culture operates this way taking immediate action and reacting to something before thinking it through. If we are not careful and intentional, this behavior can transcend our life, including our spiritual life.
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Smitten With Goodness 