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Wishing you a Happy and faith-filled New Year!   “God will open doors.” – Colossians 4:3 “Pray first. Act second.” – Isaiah 8:20 “Always put your hope in God.” – Hosea 12:6 “Forget the former things; Do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; Do you…

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I hate change. I am a creature of comfort. I love my family, the town I grew up in and I had zero desire to venture off to college. My mom had other plans. For me, that is. A spitfire of a New Yorker, she told me not only would I be going to college…

When people hear my uncle was a priest they assume I led a life influenced by biblical formality. Nothing could be farther from the truth. My uncle was not a man to preach, that is of course unless he was standing on the altar. I like to say my uncle was an ordinary guy from…

I know a wise Catholic priest I like to call ‘Father Hope.’ I have told him this is how I refer to him because he is such a source of Catholic inspiration in my life. He is both a spiritual giant and a master storyteller. I turn the sound up on my computer and listen…

I am passionate about divorce. Sounds odd, doesn’t it? An oxymoron of a sentence…so to speak I am passionate about divorce because I failed so miserably in my attempts to save my marriage. As a problem solver and a fixer, I thought I could do anything. I would make my marriage better. I would find…

I spent plenty of time feeling sorry for myself. Why my marriage? Why my family? Why is history repeating itself? Why are my greatest fears coming true? Why me? It is wasted time playing the victim. Albeit, human nature. I refer to it as fighting God. I couldn’t understand why a dream as simple as…

I walk the streets of New York City. I pass the Ritz Carlton at Central Park. I spy the horse carriages. At first, I revel with excitement. Since I was a little girl going home to my parents native New York, I have delighted in the horses of Central Park. My mood shifts from joy…

I walk through the store. I stop to look at a few candles. I grab one. I gotta! Doesn’t everyone?! I’m expecting lavender. Maybe a little citrus. You know the typical spa assortment. It smells very familiar. Childhood back to Catholic grade school familiar. This isn’t just Sunday church smell it’s old school – not…

In the darkest times and the deepest pain, it is not uncommon to feel completely alone. It seems cruel. An order of pain with a side of loneliness. It makes one question their faith. Why would God leave us alone? Our faith tells us that God leaves us feeling alone so that we find him.…
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