"The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being" - St. John Paul II DIGNITY. What is it? What gives it worth? What determines it? Power? Intelligence? Passions? Nietzsche would say that we focus wholly on the will by inflating our ego until it works to our advantage. He would … Continue reading DIGNITY
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Short Story- Mary Queen of Heaven!
It's kind of like entering into a candy store at the age of 9 and loosing yourself in the infinite sweetness that surrounds you. Everywhere you turn delightful things are displayed before you. The innocence of pleasure fills your very being. You walk about with confidence from aisle to aisle because there is not a … Continue reading Short Story- Mary Queen of Heaven!
Familiar Gaze
True Story! It seems right for me to muse about a friend I met a few years ago. I first heard about her through a mutual friend and from what I could gather she was a very quiet and simple person; absorbed in her daily duties. Her parents loved her and those who spoke of … Continue reading Familiar Gaze
When Parenting that Crazy Kid Inside Pays Off
By: Emma Lindel This summer a beautiful family welcomed me into their home! I work for an event planning company which clears a common misconception, I’m not their nanny. I really just wanted to live with a bunch of kids running around. To clear another misconception, I have a good loving family myself in this … Continue reading When Parenting that Crazy Kid Inside Pays Off
Compassion is Pure of Heart
"The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning." Lamentations 3:22-23 Sorrow is a powerful emotion that sometimes invites breaths of pain into every sigh of one's life. It seeps into the recess' of ones heart and animates the thorns of despair. It invites hopelessness … Continue reading Compassion is Pure of Heart
Irrepetible
"Alégrense en el bien que se les ha dado" -St. Teresa de Ávila ¿Qué es lo que te hace diferente? ¿Qué es único para ti? Definitivamente hay algo, siempre hay algo, todos tenemos algo. ¿Qué es para ti? Hay un aspecto científico de singularidad, tenemos ADN y seguramente es una singularidad en nuestro ser, pero … Continue reading Irrepetible
Unrepeatable
“Rejoice in the good that has been given to you” -St. Teresa of Avila What is it that makes you different? What is unique about you? There is definitely something, there is always something, we all have something. What is it for you? There is the scientific aspect of uniqueness, we have DNA and it … Continue reading Unrepeatable
All So Still
"He came also stille . . . As dewe in Aprille, That falleth on the flowr" (Anonymous, 15th Century) Stillness shouldn’t be hard to master, it is simply a pause in the ripple of time. Along the many roads traveled we find one similarity . . . each one experiences a halt in time for … Continue reading All So Still
Live in the Moment
"The presence of God means a lively, attentive realization of His presence-God is everywhere, in all places, in all things, in all people"- St. Teresa of Avila Some time ago, I lived in a house of formation with the Carmelite sisters where I learned one of the most essential … Continue reading Live in the Moment
Common Precepts Lived Radically
"My daughters and ladies, for the love of God I ask you to keep the rule well; if you keep it in every particular no further miracle will be needed for your canonization" (St. Teresa of Avila) Saint Teresa taught … Continue reading Common Precepts Lived Radically
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