A few days ago, I witnessed my daughter’s skin being torn from her body … the excruciating pain she endured is hard to shake … For me, the saints’ martyrdoms that were most disturbing were those whose agonies consisted of their skin being ripped, torn, or cut from their bodies or those who were burnt
I have to share this story. It is deeply touching, heartbreaking, encouraging, challenging…and a sign of God’s intimate Presence and Love still alive and at work among us in the most tragic of circumstances… This story is about a woman who is touching the lives of many children in circumstances most of us could never imagine.
Readings and Prayers for St. Louis-Marie de Montfort’s Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary SECOND WEEK THEME FOR THE WEEK: KNOWLEDGE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN Acts of love, pious affection for the Blessed Virgin, imitation of her virtues, especially her profound humility, her lively faith, her blind obedience, her continual mental prayer, her mortification in all
“Great is the mystery of the faith! This mystery, then, requires that the faithful believe in it, celebrate it, and live from it in a vital and personal relationship with the living and true God. This relationship is prayer” (cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church 2558 emphasis mine). To pray the rosary is to enter
Besides coordinating Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration for my parish, I am an active and sought after retreat leader, teacher and speaker in the Diocese of Wichita, as well as a writer, artist and pilgrim.
I love to spend time with family and friends, as well as go to daily Mass, adore and pray, learn, travel, write and create beautiful things!
I write at Entering into the Mystery, Catholic 365 and Catholic Mom — seeking to inspire through sharing Goodness, Truth and Beauty manifested in the Love, Mercy, Power and Glory of God and Our Blessed Mother.
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