Category: Freedom
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Remembering Pope St. John Paul II
Our Catholic Writers group leader gave us a writing prompt recently, asking us to write something about Pope St. John Paul II. I thought to share it here for this Pentecost Sunday. I realize that while having many impressions of this saint of our time, I have few specific insights. I was an adult and…
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Meditation before the Blessed Sacrament – Help heal our wounded love
Have you nothing to annoy you? My child, tell Me your annoyances, with every detail. Who has pained you? Who has wounded your self-love? Who has treated you contemptuously? Tell Me all, and then say that you forgive and forget; and I will give you My blessing. I have a close friend, Holy Lord. You…
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Quiet comes to rest beside me
“Entering into God’s silence,” is Merton’s theme for Monday of the first full week of Lent. He says, that in silence we are formed and prepared so that [we] may speak what [we] have heard. And doesn’t this resonate with all of us who spend our time here in this virtual space? We share our…