Category: Gratitude
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The One Thing Necessary
When you think about your “to do” list, sorting through the neat and nifty tasks and ideas that you believe will make your life better, remember, as St. Padre Pio said, there really is only one thing that is necessary: “Lift up your spirit, and love God.”
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Thoughts of a Father
In honor of all Fathers on this Father’s Day and especially our Father in Heaven, I share this poem by Edgar Albert Guest: Thoughts of a Father
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The Love of a Father
With Father’s Day coming up, I had recollections of my dad and our relationship. What we remember becomes our reality, for better or worse. While we are often advised to “not dwell on the past,” sometimes it is good to do just that, but through a different lens. A lens…
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Gratitude: An Antidote To Indifference
“Mankind has never been so rich, yet it reaches astounding heights of moral and spiritual destitution because of the poverty of our interpersonal relationships and the globalization of indifference.” (Robert Cardinal Sarah) And there it is, the real pandemic afflicting our world, moral relativism, and its accompanying indifference.
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The Ministry of Motherhood: A Mother’s Day Reflection
This weekend we celebrate Mother’s Day, a time of reflection, a time for gratitude. I think about and miss my mom, God rest her soul, whose legacy is elegant in its simplicity. As I reflect on this Mother’s Day, I think not only of my mom, but those mothers I…
