Tag: scripture
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The Lost Sheep & St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
“I do not agree with a big way of doing things. To us, what matters is an individual.” – Mother Teresa “We fear the future because we are wasting the today.” – Mother Teresa in Where There Is Love, There Is God Have you ever thought about the one lost sheep? The one Jesus says…
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Rejoice: Essential for a Life in Love with God
I had the sweetest moment with my daughter this weekend. She has been doing an interdenominational Bible study with a group of friends. They decided to read Philippians together. (Just one of the many reasons I love Tennessee, impromptu Bible studies.) She needed to wrap up her reading over the weekend and asked if I…
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Love Leads
“I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my life for the sheep.” John 10:14-15 NABRE The title, Good Shepherd, promises much in and of itself: protection from danger, being led by Jesus, being in…
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Wisdom Given Generously
“But if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and he will be given it. But he should ask in faith, not doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed about by the wind.” James 1:5-6 NABRE…
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God Loves to Emphasize His Point
“O God, you chose the Virgin Mary as the figure of the new Israel, from whom is born the new David. Victorious in his battle with an enemy far more terrifying than Goliath, the Lord Jesus keeps the promise of the prophet: sorrow and mourning will flee. In this new world marked by joy, make…
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Are Mountains the Roots of Heaven?
I continue praying with my word of the year: mountain, and after an amazing Women’s Retreat led by Jennie Guinn, I walked away with an image that I created based on Fr. Dan Reehil’s talk. While I don’t think he mentioned the roots part, the roots became a focus for me, but I wasn’t quite…
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Emptying Ourselves: A Gift to Receive in Order to Give
When we clear away Christmas decorations, we feel an emptiness in our homes, sometimes it feels good, sometimes it feels weird or unwelcomed. The question is what are we doing in the emptiness?
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How I Pray with A Word of the Year
I look for a word or scene in scripture catching my attention … this year…mountains kept coming up, no pun intended!
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Rosary Roundup: That We May Imitate What the Joyful Mysteries Contain and Obtain What They Promise
I hope you’ve enjoyed this week’s reflections on how to imitate each of the mysteries. Today, I am including some reflection points and questions for you to dive more deeply into each of the mysteries, considering how you might imitate it and obtain the fruits of each mystery. How are you being called to imitate…
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Mom Will Take Care Of It
We have a dog, Ryman. And much to the dismay of all my dog-loving friends, this dog has not grown on me in the way that “I could not imagine life without him” (many swore I would feel this way). I never wanted him, my kids did, but as I predicted, I’ve become his primary…
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Cooking Up Faith Series: Bread and Rising
I went through a baking bread phase after a reading a book where the main character baked bread when she was stressed out or needed to think through something. I thought it sounded like a romantic way to deal with stress. Of course, as a completely inexperienced baker of bread, the process seemed to add…
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Change Your Tune, Not Your Tone
The one place I still struggle with my bilateral cochlear implants is with music; I cannot tell if I am singing in key with others. This weakness came up in conversation recently, but my husband gently verified that I do in fact sing off key. A few days later I was saying prayers with my…
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Cooking Up Faith Series: Unexpected Ingredients
My Grandmom Rayer used to make a macaroni salad for every BBQ we had as a family. When she passed away, my mom was trying to mimic the salad, and I said, “It doesn’t have green olives in it.” My mom surprised said something like That’s right. She did put green olives in it. Internally,…
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Cooking Up Faith Series: Soak in It To Soak It In
Recently, we had friends over for dinner, and made this amazing flank steak recipe which we hadn’t had in a while. Thankfully, I had pulled out the recipe to check the ingredients needed in advance, because when I read through the recipe it said must marinate for at least 24 hours. When I was assembling…
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Where Was Mother Mary?
Last year during Lent I prayed the Magnificat from the Bible daily. Originally, I had started at the place of Mary’s words, but one morning, I noticed that the verse actually starts with, “And Mary said.” It caused me to ponder what drew me to that line: “And Mary said.” I thought about how it…