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“Anyone who fails to go forward begins to go back, and love, I believe, can never be content to stay for long where it is.” —St. Teresa of Avila

Month: May 2017

Frassati Reflection: Peace Amid Suffering

I have told you this so that you might have peace in me. In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world. —John 16:33 Jesus tells His disciples that they will suffer, and in the same breath He says that He desires for them to have peace. This peace… Read More Frassati Reflection: Peace Amid Suffering

May 29, 2017May 29, 2017 ErinLeave a comment

Frassati Reflection: Impossible Causes

“For nothing will be impossible with God.” —Luke 1:37 Today is the Feast of St. Rita of Cascia, the patron saint of impossible causes. During her life, St. Rita faced countless situations that seemed hopeless and impossible. As a girl, her desire was to enter the convent, but instead she was forced to enter an… Read More Frassati Reflection: Impossible Causes

May 22, 2017May 22, 2017 ErinLeave a comment

Frassati Reflection: The Source

  When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they cried out in Lycaonian, “The gods have come down to us in human form.” They called Barnabas “Zeus” and Paul “Hermes,” because he was the chief speaker. And the priest of Zeus, whose temple was at the entrance to the city, brought oxen and garlands… Read More Frassati Reflection: The Source

May 15, 2017May 16, 2017 ErinLeave a comment

Thought-Provoking Reads, vol. 5

Simcha Fisher, Catholic Weekly, “Blessed are the ungifted. Everything’s a gift”: Each one of us, every single one of us, is born with the genius, the miraculous, unearned, inborn talent of sainthood within us; and every single one of us is also called to a life of hard work, discipline, and the persistent development of our… Read More Thought-Provoking Reads, vol. 5

May 12, 2017December 8, 2017 ErinLeave a comment

Frassati Reflection: The Good Shepherd

Jesus said: “I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. A hired man, who is not a shepherd and whose sheep are not his own, sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf catches and scatters them. This is because he works… Read More Frassati Reflection: The Good Shepherd

May 8, 2017 ErinLeave a comment

Frassati Reflection: Our Daily Bread

Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him the Father, God, has set his seal. —John 6:27 Today we celebrate the feast of St. Joseph the Worker, which is a reminder that our daily work is… Read More Frassati Reflection: Our Daily Bread

May 1, 2017May 1, 2017 ErinLeave a comment

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An Immovable Feast: How I Gave Up Spirituality for a Life of Religious Abundance
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Anne's House of Dreams
They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky: The Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan
The Afterlife of Stars
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The Ninth Hour
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The Goldfinch
Wind, Sand and Stars
Everyone Brave is Forgiven
The Light of the World: A Memoir

 

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