Good Friday at the foot of the Cross
Standing at the foot of the Cross on Good Friday is anything but easy. Even so, it’s where we are invited to be today.
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Tag: suffering
Broken Dreams and New Beginnings with Resurrection Year
Those who suffer from infertility bear a special sort of cross, and it’s one that breaks my...
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Ignatius of Loyola on Suffering
If God gives you an abundant harvest of trials, it is a sign of great holiness which He desires...
Read MoreMary and the Passion
A Mary Moment Monday post Recently, one of my oldest friends asked me for some insight on the Virgin Mary and the Passion. She’s not Catholic, but she reads my blog anyway (like I said, one of my oldest friends). She had...
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Dear Friend: A Letter about Miscarriage {Mom to Mom}
By Maria Johnson Dear Sarah, You asked me to share my experience with miscarriage, and I have to...
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Glorious Ruin: A Book on Suffering That Spoke to Me
There have been many times I have read classic books about faith–those by C.S. Lewis, G.K....
Read MoreBrought to My Knees
I heard the garage door go up. And then it went down. I hollered for the three-year-old, who was happily playing in my mother-in-law’s garage with the dog, to stop. The garage door went up and down again. And then again....
Read MoreSaint Joseph, Friend in Suffering
(Found this as I was digging through my archives for something else and thought I’d share it again.) From Day 8 of the Novena to St. Joseph, Foster Father of Jesus: Saint Joseph, your share of suffering was very great...
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