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Here are this week’s must-reads:
+ “In our lives, circumstances can make us feel like Jesus is far away or showing up too late to make a difference, like Martha and Mary after Lazarus’s death. These moments stretch our trust that God knows us and cares about the details of our lives. However, the gospel states that Jesus knows Lazarus will die and, even though he loved him, “stays two days longer where he was” (Jn. 11:6). His reason, as he states it, is “for the glory of God” and “so that you may believe.”
“Sometimes we are called to trust, even when it seems as though we are losing something we love. The Lord is never deaf to our cries: he weeps with us like he did with those mourning Lazarus. If we trust in the darkness, one way or another, we will see the glory of God, as Jesus promised.” — Focus Catholic
+ “The Lord wants our limitations and weaknesses to be supported by his strength and omnipotence; he wants us to believe that his goodness can make up for the imperfection of our means.” — Overcoming Fear with Ignatius of Loyola
Here’s what’s featured in my newsletter, The Collection, this week. Scroll down to see all the modest fashion finds included! You can access this week’s newsletter here. When you sign up, you get instant access to the last 2 Collections I’ve shared recently.
August is devoted to the Immaculate Heart 🙂 so you’ll see me including many Marian pieces throughout the month…
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+ “I think common prayer, the Office, is very good for dealing with pain. It’s where you know you are in union with others and with their prayers. But to be constantly praying by yourself when you feel pain, well, all you do is go back into yourself. … When we are in pain our only answer is to stay in that identification with God’s Son, who transformed pain through love. You start to identify your pain as the prayer itself.” —Mother Dolores Hart, O.S.B
+ A memorable moment with Sr. Bethany Madonna at the Eucharistic Congress: “I remember meeting an aspiring actor on Broadway. He was on the brink of a massive reversion back to the Catholic faith… He said he went to a Mass, and he wrestled through the whole thing. He wasn’t even sure what he believed. The cross especially troubled him, and, just exasperated, he finally asked in his heart, ‘So why (did Jesus) have to die? I don’t get that, and that’s like the whole thing.’ And he goes, ‘Sister, I kid you not, God answered me. He said, ‘When you love someone, you prove it.’
When you love someone, you prove it. God proves his love. God proves his love for us in a thousand ways. Simply to be, to exist, is to be loved. … God loved you and willed you into being—totally unique, unrepeatable, irreplaceable. He wants to share his life with you.”
+ “A faithful Christian life is a transformed life, filled with conversions—once and again, where each of us becomes more of who God created us to be as we grow closer to Him. Unfortunately, though, not everyone will appreciate us trying to live a transformed life, walking closer to Christ. But Jesus knows what that’s like, and as He walks alongside you, I believe He offers you comfort and peace in the face of any rejection or experience of being misunderstood. And through being misunderstood, He invites you into a place of intimacy with Him—and a place where you can begin to better understand those around you who are also walking this path of Faith.” — Blessed is She
+ “If I could give one piece of marriage advice to a young couple, I’d offer this: the big things, the Instagram-worthy things are really a celebration of the hard work you do that nobody really sees. And that’s the essence of marriage. Digging in, staying attentive to the little things and believing that they matter. I don’t take what we have for granted. Ever. I had no idea that yes 28 years ago would change me so much. Thank you, Jesus, for this man and what we are creating together.” — Kathryn Whitaker
+ “Some say grief is something you just have to eventually get over. Like it’s a finish line you cross. That’s not the way it is for me. Grief is a circle. Inside the rounded edges is where I go to work on accepting what will never be. Outside the edges is where a life still full of possibility exists. The secret isn’t to get rid of the circle. New joy is found when the circle is incorporated as a part of my landscape. It’s the part that sometimes leaks tears and other times produces blossoms that sway in the wind.” — Lysa Terkeurst
+ Trust God in the Waiting: “Did you know that the word ‘wait’ means ‘to tie to’? In a season of waiting, let’s place our trust in God by tying ourselves to Him.”
+ “He also loves. He also has suffered. He also has waited a long time.” — C.S. Lewis
+ “When we show Jesus our wounds is to see His… And to understand the plan for our wounds is always the resurrection — it’s always the transformation — it’s always this deeper healing through unification.” — Nell O’Leary
Here are the fashion finds in this week’s Collection:
