spirituality
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Christina Mamaril on Chasing Beauty
When I first got on Instagram, a friend dutifully warned me that it was the place for shallow people, mostly celebrities and celebrity-wannabes, social climbers, those with a materialistic bent. So I tread carefully for a while, until one day,… Continue reading
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Christ’s Teachings Are the Vegetables Of Our Lives
Image: Toa Heftiba One of the reasons I love cooking so much is that it’s often meditative for me. Peeling, chopping, mincing, crushing, tearing, and sometimes tearing up (those blasted onions)…. The work can get tedious, but I have my best… Continue reading
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What Rocks a Marriage and What Makes a Marriage Rock
By May A Image: Zelle Duda The Survey of Marital Generosity (www.stateofourunions.org) was published in 2011 and was a summary of almost 2,000 couples’ response on what makes a marriage very happy and what makes a marriage strong (i.e. not prone… Continue reading
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Getting to Know God: Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer
More scraps of meditation while rereading: Page 32. stripped of [their] belongings, knowing that [they] owned something that was better and lasting I’ve only ever been in two situations where I felt so terribly alone and couldn’t cling to anyone… Continue reading
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Dialing Down: Deep Conversion Deep Prayer
Temptations when you’re trying to get holy. Continue reading
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Heroic Virtue: Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer
As I grow in my spiritual life over the years, I find that trying to figure out God and my relationship with Him means trying to figure out my husband. When Fr. Thomas Dubay talked about “heroic”, my first thought… Continue reading