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“I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.”
A follow-up by Larissa on yesterday’s post: Learning Contentment through Suffering. I want to be like these people when I grow up!
All it takes is a picture (6)
Outside my office window . . .
Re-reading such a good book
I am re-reading One Thousand Gifts for the third time–the second being immediately after I finished it the first time. Have I told you how much this book has changed my life? ;-) And I keep coming across things I want to quote here . . . but it wouldn’t really be fair to Ann …
Little lights in a darkened world
I have made it a tradition every January to refer you to a post of mine from a January past: “God loves to light little lights” I wrote it the year that I discovered that St. Peter’s keeps its creche up until February 2, which, I think, is a marvelous idea. Think about it for …
“Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble . . .”
Ann Voskamp’s take on this psalm: “When it’s hard”
Lift up your eyes
One of our Sisters is celebrating her birthday today. We have a strange custom of decorating the bathroom the night before the person’s birthday, so she is greeted first thing in the morning with birthday wishes. This Sister did not expect this, however, because she was staying at one of our other houses overnight. That’s …
The little word: but
Last night at the talk I referred to a post from a couple of years ago. I thought I would re-post it here. Little words can be very significant in the Bible. Here’s what I shared about the little word, “but”: Today’s little word from those circled in my bible comes from Ps 102, verse 12: “but”. …
Known by name
Today is the feast of the Archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. St. Gregory the Great, in one of his homilies, tells us what each of their names mean: “Michael means ‘Who is like God?’; Gabriel is ‘The Strength of God’; and Raphael is ‘God’s Remedy.’” I started thinking about how often I pray to St. …
Over the asses
Continuing from yesterday: 1 Chron 27.30 And over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite. Jehdeiah’s name meant “Union of Jah”. [Note: "Jah" is shortened version of Yahweh.] I once had a letter from a man who was trying to run a big political organization in India. He said he had sympathy with Paul, who wrote …
