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Eyes, Ours and God’s
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Our Two Eyes Eyes are precious gifts that we seldom pay attention to unless something gets into them. Recently I visited an optometrist and now have a new pair of glasses. This has focused (!) my mind on eyes as a topic for
Yesterday, today and forever
All this life and heaven too   
The other week, I was sitting in a parish office, waiting for the parish priest, with this poster directly opposite me. My first thought was Ah, Turvey Abbey art... Turvey being an Olivetan Benedictine monastery where two of my good friends (and fellow Nuns of Twitter) live; the art being religious
A Thanksgiving Story . . .
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 A glass of Milk, paid in FullOne day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry. He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However,
The Transformation of Gratitude . . .
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 Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity.... It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past,
With Grateful Hearts, We Remember . . .
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 "How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!"-Maya Angelou"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."-John Fitzgerald Kennedy"Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire
Cardinal Blase Cupich's Homily for November 9th, 2025
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Breathing New Names for the Holy One
Mining the Now   
by Chris Koellhoffer, IHM    November 9, 2025 It may seem like sacrilege for a writer to admit that sometimes, there really are no words. Sometimes, the sheer weight of what we carry is beyond the limits of language or verbal skills. Sometimes, the only way to express our burdens
Visiting Holy Rosary Cathedral in Toledo
Cardinal Seán's Blog   
Hello and welcome! At the beginning of the month, I was in Washington, D.C., for the Transitus celebration at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land. The Transitus is a ceremony to recall St. Francis’s death, which takes place on October 3rd, the eve of his feast day,
For they shall see God
All this life and heaven too   
On Sunday we celebrated All Saints, the great feast with which we always begin November. In the Gospel for this feast Jesus proclaims the Beatitudes (Mt 5:1-12), offering us a roadmap to holiness and true blessedness, through 'ordinary', simple virtues, such as gentleness, peacemaking, mercy... And whilst over the years,
Steadfast & Extravagant God
At the Corner of Susan and St. Joseph   
“In the absence of holiness, You are still God. You are steadfast.” This morning, I prayed with these words from the song Steadfast by singer songwriter Leslie Jordan. A good reminder with everything going on in our world and even in my own head and
Halloween Fun
Catholic Faith Corner   
Halloween’s not just for kids. Here in our province center, we celebrate it big time. Each hall in our Health Care is decorated by different departments. It’s a contest. Big leaves hang from the ceiling all down a hall. The giant spider webs were awesome.
November 9, 2025: Joanna Williams Preaches for the Feast of the Dedicati...
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May We Continue to be Taught by Earth!
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Photo by: sjhEarth Teach Me to RememberEarth teach me stillness as the grasses are stilled with light. Earth teach me suffering as old stones suffer with memory. Earth teach me humility as blossoms are humble with beginning. Earth Teach me caring as the mother who secures her young. Earth teach me courage as the tree which stands alone. Earth teach
A Humble Prayer . . .
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 Oh Great Spirit, Whose voice I hear in the wind, Whose breath gives life to the world, Hear me! I come to you as one of your many children. I am small and weak. I need your strength and wisdom. May I walk in beauty. Make my eyes behold the red and purple sunset. Make my hands respect the
A Blessing for Today . . .
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 May the God of Vision be with you. May you see as God sees and dream as God dreams for the world around you. With the eyes of God, may you look upon those who are hurting and know compassion, upon those who are holy and know joy, upon those who are
Souls of the Just and Hope
At the Corner of Susan and St. Joseph   
Today is the Feast of All Souls, also known as the Day of the Dead. This morning I celebrated this Feast with immigrant families waiting to visit their detained loved ones outside Delaney Hall, the private for-profit immigrant prison in Newark, NJ. Despite the estimated $60
Guide me, Teach me, Forgive me . . .
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    Breathe Into Me the Courage to Make Something NewThank you for all I forget are gifts, not rights.Forgive me for all the grievances I remember too well.Save me from the self-pity, the self-seeking,the fat-heartedness which is true poverty.Guide me, if I’m willing, (drive me if I’m not),into the hard ways
November 1, 2025: Elvira Ramirez Preaches for the Solemnity of All Saints
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The Descent of the Holy Spirit
Toledo SND Blog   
One of Jesus’ closest followers relates the account. “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes down on you; then you are to be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, yes, even to the ends of the earth” (Acts. 1:8). This we believed with
A Day to Celebrate Sainting!
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 Since the earliest centuries, the church has dedicated one day to honor all saints—those officially recognized and those who are known only to God. Today, November lst, we celebrate the lives of countless women, men, and children who exemplified transparency and personal integrity. These individuals radiated God’s compassion and reached