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“How swiftly summer has fled, and what report has it borne to heaven of misspent time and wasted hours? Eternity only will answer.”

— Emily Dickinson, from a letter to Mrs. A.P. Strong, September 8, 1846

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longing

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Jesus is everything to me. He heals me, teaches me, guides me, comforts me.

God Bless - KJ

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“Our God is the master of unanticipated mercies. He’s able to cause great good to spring up unexpectedly out of the hard gravel of life’s most unfavorable circumstances. Watch Him closely. He may do it again today.”

— Our Daily Bread

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Woooooow!

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“You can be assured you cannot have a heartache that Jesus doesn’t understand.”

— (via artsymumof5)

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Thank God 🙌♥️

And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: “My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him; For whom the Lord loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives.” If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. Hebrews‬ ‭12:5-8‬

He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him promptly. ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭13:24‬

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"Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul."

— St. Teresa of Avila

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August 27th — Isaiah 26:3

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being a WIFE & MOM is great

being content in SINGLENESS is great

but learning to follow Jesus better should be the goal in ministry for both

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This upcoming Saturday, September 4th, is the first Saturday of the month. There is a Catholic devotion, called the Five First Saturdays, that encourages acts of reparation to be made for Christ and Mary. This devotion has a threefold purpose; first, as mentioned, it is an act of reparation against blasphemies made against Christ’s Mother: denial of her Immaculate Conception, of her perpetual virginity, of her status as Mother of God; promoting indifference to or even scorn of Mary; and the dishonoring or desecration of her images. Second, it is said to ensure her protection and assistance at the hour of death to all who participate. We pray for this whenever we pray the Hail Mary, but this is a different and deeper kind of participation in this universal request of the Church. Third, it is a means of assisting in the salvation of other souls and an act of intercession for the cause of world peace. It is this last aspect that I especially want to harp in on, because starting this devotion this month will lead to a special occurence:

If you start the First Saturdays Devotion on September 4th, 2021, you will finish this devotion on January 1st, 2022.

Can you think of a better way of starting next year than finishing an act of devotion meant to bring peace and universal brotherhood into our world? The past two years have been rough on all of us. Let’s try to bring something good into the world next year. Let’s start things off right, from the very first day. All you have to do to complete this devotion is to do the following with the intention of offering them as reparation to the Immaculate Heart:

Go to Confession within eight days (before or after) the first Saturday of the month.

Receive Communion on the first Saturday of the month.

Pray five decades of the Rosary (any set you want) on that day, ideally but not necessarily before or after Mass.

Spend at least 15 minutes in prayerful meditation, spending that time to think about the mysteries of the Rosary (either a single one or multiple).

Let’s try to get as many Catholics to do this as possible.

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Our Lady, who nursed her Holy Child to sleep on roadsides and slept on rock and grass, pray for those who live on the margins of our cities, for those who go hungry, for those whose gazes are avoided by passerby's. May Christ, in his mercy and love, be their hope.

This title, while a part of my "Ave Maria" series illustrating various Marian titles, is not an official title of the Blessed Virgin. It came to me one day, and I couldn't get it out of my mind.

There are a number of homeless who I have met and talked with over the years; there are many more who I, in my own busyness, fear, and indifference, have passed on by. Our Lady, who was homeless on the road to Egypt, must have a special heart for those cast aside. Praise God who still sees them. May he give us a greater courage and selflessness to reach out to our brothers and sisters who are in need of compassion.

You can find the other titles in the series on my page using #Ave Maria

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Ask yourself why you do what you do. Why do you react that way…? Why do you withdraw or want to fight or throw yourself into anything else when faced with stress? Why do you feel the desire to fall back on behaviors & patterns you want to move from when you’re met with a certain situation? You can identify the root, but then you have to pull it. You can get caught up in trying to identify and find the source of your suffering and think when you’ve found it you’re done. Once you find the source & put your attention on it, it begins to dissipate. When you sit with it and work to understand what it’s trying to teach you it dissolves even more. This isn’t a one time process, you can return again and again to the same root source before it’s been dissolved and released. So be patient but continue to examine your actions & speech for self-understanding.