Tag Archives: Blessed Virgin Mary

The Crushing

Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. John 12:24 This is the audio and transcript of a … Continue reading

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Resemble the Betrothed

The Church will enter the glory of the kingdom only through this final Passover, when she will follow her Lord in his death and Resurrection. The kingdom will be fulfilled, then, not by a historic triumph of the Church through … Continue reading

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The Body Politic

Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah and said to him, “You are old, and your sons do not follow in your ways; appoint for us, then, a king to govern us, like other … Continue reading

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Saint Gabriel the Archangel

 The angel replied, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news. Luke 1:19 I composed this prayer to Saint Gabriel after reading … Continue reading

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He Goes Before Her

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tested by the devil. Matthew 4:1 I felt compelled to pray the Chaplet of the Seven Sorrows today. I wept as I did. I weep because of … Continue reading

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Ecumenism

There is one body, but it has many parts. But all its many parts make up one body. It is the same with Christ. We were all baptized by one Holy Spirit. And so we are formed into one body. 1 Corinthians … Continue reading

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City on a Hill

Then he brought me to the gate, the gate facing east. And there the glory of the God of Israel was coming from the east; the sound was like the sound of mighty waters, and the earth shone with his glory.  The … Continue reading

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Radical Forgiveness

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Luke 6:36 I write in my journal as if God is speaking to me. If the church says what I have written in wrong, the church is correct and I am wrong. … Continue reading

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Into the Darkness to be a Great Light

And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.  For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so … Continue reading

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Spiritual Maternity

But He answered and said to them, “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.” Luke 8:21 Susan Skinner Talk on Spiritual Maternity – Goretti House Retreat, Nashville, TN

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