Am I Meant to Suffer?
Looking back, I still don’t know why I did what I did. But … maybe that’s what God wanted me to do? The day after the Fourth of July, my … Continue Reading Am I Meant to Suffer?
Waiting
While I was struggling for air for five weeks, frightfully congested with a severe chest cold, my breathing completely stopped multiple times a day, I remembered certain bits and pieces … Continue Reading Waiting
Exile and Habakkuk
In the continuing saga of my gravely serious chest cold and its five-week reign of mucus terror, I’m sharing with you a biblical prayer that deeply spoke to me during … Continue Reading Exile and Habakkuk
Getting Better
Suffering is said to bring us closer to God. When my life was on the line, however, in the first two weeks of severe chest congestion with mucous plugs that … Continue Reading Getting Better
One Holy Thing
Anybody can do what is good. An atheist can do good things. But what about doing what is holy? Being Chosen in the Bible Reading the Old Testament can be … Continue Reading One Holy Thing
Stream of Thought
Over the span of five days, here in New Hampshire, we had wind, rain, sleet, daffodils blooming, heavy snow with thunder and lightning, faint tremors from a New Jersey earthquake, … Continue Reading Stream of Thought
“Not My Will”
[This post is based upon a Lenten post from 2020.] How many times have I begged for my life of progressive disease and severe disability to be different? When I … Continue Reading “Not My Will”
Stuck Wheels and Perseverance in Prayer
Sometimes, I’m just not feeling it. I believe in God, love God, and seek communion with God. But sometimes … my prayers might as well come from an automaton, and … Continue Reading Stuck Wheels and Perseverance in Prayer
Fat and Ashes
I need some reminders. In this season of Lent, I need to be reminded how to grow in closer relationship with my Maker. One day, I will meet my Maker … Continue Reading Fat and Ashes
Another Day Closer
Weeks and years go by so fast that it feels like time is slipping away from me. I hate this feeling. Life is short. Time is precious. I want to … Continue Reading Another Day Closer
The Gift of Giving
Another Christmas has come and gone — but not entirely. Christmas only began on Christmas day. It continues for another eight days, or twelve days or forty days, depending on … Continue Reading The Gift of Giving
The Gift of Love
A bit o’ poetry… There are innumerable ways to write about love. Maybe because love is infinite? So for this final week of Advent, looking forward to Christmas, I had … Continue Reading The Gift of Love
The Gift of Joy
Faith, hope, joy, love: these are represented by each candle in the Advent wreath. You’d think that the pink candle representing joy, Gaudete Sunday, would come on the last Sunday … Continue Reading The Gift of Joy
Our Father?
I used to pray like this: “Our Parent, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name.…” Yes, I was one of those. But this was decades before our society began … Continue Reading Our Father?
Learn Mercy
The meaning of life can be understood very simply. The Lord’s Prayer In the month of October, we Catholics are encouraged to pray the rosary — whether it be for … Continue Reading Learn Mercy
The Lord’s Prayer
How many times have you said the Lord’s Prayer? How many times have you actually prayed it? I’m sure that I must have recited the Lord’s Prayer a thousand times … Continue Reading The Lord’s Prayer
Christina Chase 