Tag Archives: Jesus
Our Spiritual Heartbeat
I wrote an entry in 2016, Every moment is infinite, about surface living or skimming the surface of life when our focus is always on the past or the future, versus deep living when we focus on diving deep into … Continue reading
Posted in Belief, Faith, Hope, Love, Mercy
Tagged breath, breathe, christ, count breath, death, Ephesians, Ephesians 2:1-6, Father, flatline, flatliners, God, heartbeat, Holy Spirit, Jesus, life, Mary, Our Lady, resurrect, resurrection, revive, The Virgin Mary
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The Belly of the Whale
My sweet husband took me to Lourdes, France this summer. On our first morning we attended the International Mass in the Basilica of St. Pius X. The Basilica of St. Pius X is a huge underground cathedral with a maximum … Continue reading
Posted in Blessings, Faith, Hope, Praise, Surrender, Thanksgiving
Tagged 3 days, 3 hours, 3 nights, Basilica of St. Pius X, belly, best, big fish, brought, christ, Father, France, God, good, Good Will, His will, Holy, Holy Spirit, Holy Will, In the Belly of the Whale, invited, Jesus, Jonah, Jonah 2, Jonah 2:1-10, life, Lourdes, Mother of God, my, My Best Life, our, Our Best Life, Our Lady, prepared, son, St Mary, St. Pius X, The belly of the whale, The Virgin Mary, whale, will, your, Your Best Life
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Humbled again
For months I have been waking up at 4:38 am. Sometimes I fall back asleep and sometimes I get up, but very regularly when I check the clock it says, 4:38. I sit here on this blog talking about listening, … Continue reading
Posted in Humility, Love, Thanksgiving
Tagged bible, christ, Deuteronomy 4:38, giant, giants, God, grateful, gratitude, hard work, Holy Spirit, humble, humbled, humbled again, Jesus, John 4:38, life, Lord, love, Mary, Mother of God, my, My Best Life, our, Our Best Life, pit, reap, thanks, Thanksgiving, The Virgin Mary, work, your, Your Best Life
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Ponder and Praise
As we ponder and praise His Word and His Ways in our hearts, we are being fermented inside. He waits patiently, with great excitement and anticipation, as our vintage is prepared for His table. On our final day, at the … Continue reading
Posted in Praise
Tagged anticipate, best, bottle, champagne, christ, cork, delight, excited, excitement, ferment, fermented, final, final day, final hour, fruit, God, heart, His Ways, His Word, Holy Spirit, Jesus, law of the Lord, life, Lord, love, Mary, meditate, meditate on His law, my, My Best Life, our, Our Best Life, patient, patiently, ponder, Praise, psalm 1, Saint Mary, streams of water, tree, vintage, Virgin Mary, wait, water, ways, Word, your, Your Best Life
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Do you remember when…
When I die, I hope this is what will be said… Remember that time when Sarah did something really kind for you? That was really Jesus helping her to do something good. Do you remember that other time when Sarah … Continue reading
Posted in Gratitude, Jesus, Thanksgiving
Tagged Abba, best, brother, christ, do you remember, do you remember that time, do you remember when, Father, God, heaven, Holy Spirit, Jesus, life, Lord, my, obituary, our, Our Best Life, remember, your
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“It is the Lord”
Someday we will finally realize that He is here, in all of us, with all of us, all of the time. He is with us, helping us as we do something good, and He is with us, covering for us … Continue reading
Posted in Belief, Faith
Tagged anticipation, best, build, building, christ, ferment, fermentation, God, good, Gospel of John, Holy Spirit, hope, It is the Lord, Jesus, John 21, John 21:1-7, joy, joyful, life, Lord, Mary, Mother of God, my, My Best Life, not good, our, Our Best Life, Soul, veil, Virgin Mary, your, Your Best Life
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Agony
Kneeling by the couch once more,I nod off, just as they did many years ago.Position doesn’t matter kneeling, standing, sitting, plank…In any position I sleep.Watchful nights come easily to me 364 days of the year.But on this night, the night … Continue reading
Posted in Sorrow
Tagged agony, Agony of Christ, awake, best, christ, cover of darkness, dark, Father, God, heaven, Holy Spirit, Jesus, lead us not into temptation, life, Lord, Luke, Luke 22:45-46, Mark 14:32-41, Matthew 26:36-45, my, My Best Life, night, our, Our Best Life, pray, Prayer, sleep, sleeping, temptation, watch, watchful, your, Your Best Life
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It starts with a seed
Imagine a tiny seed of Faith, something as small as a mustard seed gifted to us within our soul through His Grace. If we want it to grow we must tend this tiny seed through thanksgiving and prayer. As it … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Faith, Hope
Tagged best, charity, christ, desire, faith, Father, garden, garden on the soul, God, His Plan, His will, Holy Spirit, hope, Jesus, life, light, longing, Lord, Matthew 17:19-20, Mother of God, mustard seed, My Best Life, our, Our Best Life, Prayer, seed, tending the garden, Thanksgiving, The Virgin Mary, Your Best Life
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The work of prayer
Oh the great weight of joy we feel when we realize that we too have been called to the work of prayer, the work of tending the garden of each soul we encounter. My Sweet Lord, let our prayers be … Continue reading
Posted in Prayer
Tagged be joyful always, christ, Father, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus, garden, garden of the soul, give thanks in all circumstances, God, God's will, great joy, Holy Spirit, Jesus, joy, Lord, Mary, Mother of God, pray, pray continually, Prayer, Soul, tend, tending, The Virgin Mary, the work of prayer, Thessalonians 5:16-18, weight of joy, work, work of prayer
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His Work
We are all here doing His work, the work of our Father. He has many tasks to be done and has given each of us a unique and individual task for the fulfillment of His Holy and Perfect Plan. It … Continue reading
Posted in His Will
Tagged christ, complete, Father, God, His work, Holy Spirit, I too am working, Jesus, John 5:17, Lord, Mary, Mother of God, my, My Best Life, My Father is always at His work to this very day, our, Our Best Life, perform, perform well, The Virgin Mary, well, work, your, Your Best Life
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