Category Archives: Faith

Quotable

Courtesy pretends to be the virtue of the gentle and retiring. Actually, it is the hallmark of the strong. from A Right to Be Merry I’m loving these sweet nuns so much!  I’ll miss them when I get to the … Continue reading

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Another Installment of The Story of How I Became a Catholic and Why I Wouldn’t Choose Another Church

I’m actually Catholic because of a crow. I was working full time as a babysitter for the three children of a woman who had just opened a store across the street from her husband’s pharmacy. One day, the children and … Continue reading

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The Story of How I Became Catholic and Why I Wouldn’t Choose Another Faith

I grew up in a home that was fairly hostile toward “organized religion”. It was really just my father who felt so strongly about it, but my mother had some issues inherited from her father regarding the final disposition of … Continue reading

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Winter Blessings

It always seems to me that Autumn and Spring are not quite real seasons. They are just transitional periods in which we swing unpredictably between the two true seasons of Summer and Winter. Tonight, we hover on the cusp of … Continue reading

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Prayer Request

My dear friend’s son is in the hospital right now and they don’t know what is wrong with him yet. Would you please pray for him and for his mama? And less importantly, Tommy is getting that tooth pulled tomorrow … Continue reading

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