The Word lives here
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay I last posted on this blog on August 5, 2019, with joy and gratitude for the positive changes that were happening in my life at that time. I had just started freelancing full time again, my fiancé and I had just moved into a new house that we had […]
Read More…The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness. —Lamentations 3:22-23 My fiancé is known in certain circles as Brand New Day Francis. That’s because he is always reminding people that God gave them a brand new day. “No one […]
Read More…A few weeks ago while completing renovations on our older home, my fiancé planted cucumber, tomato, and okra seeds in a couple of flowerbeds in our front yard. We continued watering our small garden, having faith that God would do the rest. When we finally moved in a few days ago, yellow flowers started appearing […]
Read More…And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth. Merry CHRISTmas Everyone! Photo credit: user:jeffjacobs1990
Read More…This morning, I got up early again and wrote a couple of daily scriptural guides for Liturgical Press on God’s mercy. Right after I put the period on the last sentence, I received a random direct message from a priest based in Rome who I follow on Twitter. I have never heard from him directly […]
Read More…After a restless few hours of tossing and turning, I finally decided to give up on sleep at 3 a.m. this morning and take advantage of the time to work on a new writing assignment. God had a lot to share with me this morning about the Scripture readings I was asked to meditate on […]
Read More…“Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.” Luke 1:38 It is these words of Mary that changed the course of human history forever. With her ‘yes’, she made it possible for God to visit us in the flesh, in the form of Jesus. And […]
Read More…When I went to visit my mom in the nursing home this week, O Come, O Come Emmanuel was piping through the intercom. Garlands and Christmas ornaments were hanging from the ceiling, the Christmas tree was up in the visiting room, and the nurses were doing their best to make things a bit merrier for […]
Read More…Somewhere in our family photos is a picture of me about the age of three, standing on my tiptoes, looking out our front door. My grandmother had just told me that Jesus was coming, and with the complete trust of child, I took her literally and began to peer out the window to see if […]
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