Mud or mountain

The readings for this week, the week before Pentecost, speaks of change, new beginnings, and that struck such a chord with me! For months, oh let me be honest: years, I have tried to understand how...

Isn’t this sooooo true

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Thanks Erma Bombeck

God couldn’t be everywhere so he created Mothers. ~Erma Bombeck Pentecost Sunday, (May 19, 2013), which marks the end of the Easter season in the Christian calendar, celebrates the descent of the...

It’s a tiara

How I would react this Mother’s Day if my children gave me a tiara; because I know every mother’s accomplishments are impressive….. Filed under: Blog

Look Into My Eyes

Look into these eyes…these girls are beginning their graduation process. You look into these eyes, see these smiling faces and they do not betray the inner life of these young women, what they are...

Does This Make Me Redundant?

Having our girls graduate from Highschool means we will no longer have anyone in school…elementary, middle school .. high school…those years when as a mom you are most active with your children;...

Screw You RuPaul What About Justice

“What other people think about me is none of my business” - RuPaul This Sunday’s readings: 1st reading: ACTS 14:21-27, 2nd reading: REV 21:1-5A, Gospel: JN 13:31-33A, 34-35 all speak of the newness...

Spiritual Issues

By examining past decisions, situations and choices to see how they affect your life you can begin to see how God is calling you to achieve your best. Spiritual Direction can and does address...

Deeper Spiritual Issues

By examining past decisions, situations and choices to see how they affect your life you can begin to see how God is calling you to achieve your best. Spiritual Direction can and does address...

Second Website for the Rule of Benedict and Family

From the blog: bearing blog, there are two excellent entries describing how families can live the rule of Benedict: 1. The Best Discipline is Self Discipline 2. Another Look at the Rule of Benedict...

Websites of Spiritual Interest

{Practicing Benedict} Micha Boyett: Texan in sweetness (born and raised), Northeastern in skepticism (my twenties), and San Franciscan in passion (snobbery?) for all things food and drink (where I...

Living Love

I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another. This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” Jn...

Modified Rule of Benedict

For many of the moms with whom I have journeyed a common theme appears: How can I be spiritual and a mother at the same time? I am on Yahoo Groups and one of them, spiritual_direction is an...

Image for Monday April 8, 2013

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Spiritual Themes

This Week’s Spiritual Theme: Doubt/Mercy: Doubt brings fear, fear brings negative over control, negative control brings harshness, harshness brings distrust….Mercy brings understanding, Mercy...

A mom of four: two boys, twin girls. Married 20 + Spiritual Director Social Worker Preschool Teacher Support Group Leader Dir. Project Rachel Dir. Religious Education Holy Cross Parish As a young...

Books

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Week three: Creating

Queens Live Their Yes Mary is our example of how a woman/mother is called by God to coordinate all the roles of her life, all the duties of motherhood/womanhood, all the responsibilities and dreams...

Week Two: Seeking

Prophets Seek To Understand Their Great Yes These next four exercises deepens our relationship with God, it is becoming intense, intimate, and why it so important to emphasis your understanding of...

Kairos Explained

Kairos (from Greek kairos, adapted to mean “the Lord’s time”) is a Roman Catholic retreat program for high school and college students. But it is hoped that this experience can be for mothers as...

Week One: Transformation

Priests Nurtures/Believes In Their Flourishing Great Yes These first four mothering spiritual exercises focuses on helping you to grow as mother, daughter of God, all you are to be. We examine...

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Mommy Mantra for Thursday March 28, 2013

This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me. (1 Corinthians 11:24) Filed under: Blog, Mommy Mantra

Mentors

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Mrs. Zebedee

The mother of the sons of Zebedee approached Jesus … wishing to ask him for something. (Matthew 20:20) Jesus is talking of his death and the two sons of Zebedee: James and John say they will drink...

We want a Kairos for Moms!!! Happy Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Are women second class religious citizens? Why is it that other denominations have so much more joy in motherhood than the Catholics. Why aren’t there programs that help moms hear God, explore how...

If this is true of God no thank you

This is not Catholic thought of God. God does not allow things to happen, he is there when they do! And thank God for that! If it were true that God plays with us like so many toys I would no...

Mary, who are you!? At times I hated you

I never liked Mary, yes that Mary – the mother of God Mary. Maybe its because my mother had such a devotion to her, but I always saw Mary as this wimpy little girl who could be talked into...