Catholicism
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Advent Spirit
I’ve been unusually contemplative lately, if you can tell from my last few posts. I’ve been doing a sort of mental/spiritual cleanse. A lot of gunk has been building up, and I’ve slowly been picking it apart. We’re talking years of fears, heartache, and rejection. Trying to do good for myself and for others, and… Continue reading
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St. Martha, Dragon Tamer
Recently, I commented on how we don’t know what happened with Martha after Jesus came to visit. He’d gently reprimanded her, so we’re left with the conclusion “be a Mary rather than a Martha.” No bustling around. Take time to sit at Jesus’s feet. I never thought of her much beyond that. But with her… Continue reading
And they said to him, “Inquire of God, we pray thee, that we may know whether the journey on which we are setting out will succeed.”
And the priest said to them, “Go in peace. The journey on which you go is under the eye of the LORD.”
—Judges 18:5–6