The Spirituality of Waiting
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The measure of a good, beautiful and holy life….
Here are this week’s must-reads: + This is one of the most moving explanations I’ve ever heard about how the Father of the Prodigal Son ran to meet his son, and about what the robe & ring represent. Have you ever heard this before? “The father knows he...
“God does some of His best work behind the scenes. In unknown ways.”
Here are this week’s must-reads: + “Prayer is designed to fill us up, we’re designed to pray. When we practice other forms of meditation that are not rooted in the person of Jesus Christ, we can’t be filled up, we empty out and yet we need to be filled up...
“When we need a dose of encouragement, strength, perspective, turn to the words of Jesus”
Here are this week’s must-reads: + “We cannot assemble with the Church without entering a family relation. We cannot be Jesus’ brother unless Mary is our mother. The Church is the “assembly of the firstborn” (Hebrews 12:23). She is mother...
“Even though we cannot always see it, the seed of prayer will bloom in love”
Here are this week’s must-reads: + “You cannot see entirely God’s Plan for you. The uncharted ocean is before you, as you toss in the narrow cabin of your suffering; but the Divine Pilot is bringing you to port.” — Archbishop Fulton Sheen + “On...
“Jesus invites us to follow His entire journey — to the Cross but also to the resurrection”
Here are this week’s must-reads: + “Always bear in mind: the practice of memento mori is more about living than it is about dying… When Jesus invites us to carry our cross, He invites us to follow His entire journey — to the Cross but also to the...
“The only hope of a new me is Christ in me”
Here are this week’s must-reads: + “All work can glorify and honor God — because it’s our hearts, rather than our hands, that determine whether something is done for God’s glory.” — Elise Koufos + There is purpose to your...
“You’re not supposed to do it alone. Remain dependent on Him.”
Here are this week’s must-reads: + “You’re never going to be able to do it all by yourself, but you’re not supposed to. The good news is that his providence can always provide for our dependance, his sufficiency perfects our poverty, and all of...
“Peace is not the absence of trouble but the presence of Christ.”
Here are this week’s must-reads: + It’s National Marriage Week! I shared some of my favorite marriage advice here, and it’s been amazing to read through the comments and hear your favorite marriage advice too — so much wisdom there. + “In...
“Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are”
Here are this week’s must-reads: + “I would rather be what God chose to make me than the most glorious creature that I could think of; for to have been thought about, born in God’s thought, and then made by God, is the dearest, grandest, and most...
“Home is your garden of life”
Here are this week’s must-reads: + “Yeah, I know it all looks impossible up ahead — but the truth is: “Only one thing is necessary.” Luke 10:42 The only thing necessary today — is to let everything else come after keeping company with Him. Just...About Me
Hi, I'm Annie! I'm a Catholic wife, writer & producer, and I work from home on a prayer ministry I run with my husband. I also write about, and share, some of the best things I find about living an authentic Catholic life as a woman & wife.
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