tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23284936199908614132024-02-21T02:23:40.184-05:00Resting In The Palm of His HandFOOTPRINTS OF MY LIFE IN CHRIST: A CATHOLIC'S PERSPECTIVEChristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350557106222651540noreply@blogger.comBlogger192125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328493619990861413.post-53709130044171251012012-09-05T15:41:00.001-04:002012-09-05T15:47:52.593-04:00The Joy of Blessed Mother TeresaChristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350557106222651540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328493619990861413.post-73575121418914465982012-08-22T00:15:00.001-04:002012-08-22T00:15:48.096-04:00Nothing is Impossible with GodChristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350557106222651540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328493619990861413.post-88342058848831569092012-07-28T22:08:00.000-04:002012-07-28T22:08:29.531-04:00Loving Christ in the Other(I know this is a bit long, but I felt compelled to share it. How de we truly see each other? Do we love what we see? This passage is from Michael E. Gaitley's Consoling the Heart of Jesus. I highly recommend reading it along with the passage I've posted below.)
"The merciful outlook is a way of giving drink to the thirsty. It gives a cup of love to another and to Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350557106222651540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328493619990861413.post-65141864113291912542012-07-20T17:26:00.001-04:002012-07-20T17:26:11.369-04:00You must look at your life - Through Heaven's EyesChristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350557106222651540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328493619990861413.post-89259994717489972322012-07-14T16:48:00.001-04:002012-07-23T10:37:04.821-04:00The Lily of the Mohawks"I am not my own; I have given myself to Jesus."
~Blessed Kateri Tekawitha
Blessed Kateri Tekawitha was born in 1656 near what is now Auriesville, NY. A Mohawk, her parents died from smallpox when she was very young. Raised by her tribe, smallpox also had a damaging effect on Kateri as well, leaving her eyesight impaired and her face scarred from her own struggle with the disease.
WhenChristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350557106222651540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328493619990861413.post-35937025721671640372012-06-27T19:40:00.001-04:002012-06-27T19:40:26.914-04:00JP II on Vocations and HolinessChristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350557106222651540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328493619990861413.post-5129187981942149822012-06-05T13:43:00.001-04:002012-06-05T13:48:54.186-04:00For Greater Glory: The True Story of CristerosIf you haven't seen it -> GO!! I highly recommend it. Very powerful film.
Click here to read a reflection on the film by Archbishop Gomez and the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles (whose order has its beginnings in the Cristero War)Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350557106222651540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328493619990861413.post-16648380161138138812012-05-31T14:52:00.001-04:002012-05-31T14:52:47.662-04:00HAPPY FEAST OF THE VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY!!!
"In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah, and she entered the house of Zechari'ah and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry,
"Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350557106222651540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328493619990861413.post-26104738166304370482012-05-13T00:12:00.001-04:002012-05-13T00:12:07.068-04:00It's That Time! MA[R]YChristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350557106222651540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328493619990861413.post-65845742204627065012012-05-01T22:19:00.001-04:002012-05-01T22:20:42.076-04:00He truly is Strong Enough To SaveFor all of you, and whatever you're going through.
Just remember, The Lord is protecting you.
"Be not afraid!"
Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350557106222651540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328493619990861413.post-27105510890302502912012-05-01T02:51:00.001-04:002012-05-01T02:53:01.981-04:00Via the Ironic CatholicPassing along from a fellow blogger:
"Many of you know my husband and I are adopting a little boy through Reece’s Rainbow, a Christian ministry that advocates for the international adoption of kids with special needs. We anticipate completing that adoption within the next month or two. In the meantime, we’ve been going through a bureaucratic ropes course (so to speak) to move Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350557106222651540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328493619990861413.post-47623459238711657042012-04-23T03:15:00.001-04:002012-04-23T03:15:38.713-04:00Catholic Mom & Blogger - & Her Conversion from AtheismChristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350557106222651540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328493619990861413.post-77844408329056903702012-04-13T14:09:00.001-04:002012-04-13T14:10:21.137-04:00Holy Father will turn 85 on Monday April 16thChristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350557106222651540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328493619990861413.post-1738150178120920612012-04-08T21:31:00.001-04:002012-04-08T21:31:55.062-04:00Alleluia! He is Risen!!Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350557106222651540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328493619990861413.post-1975929253557523702012-04-05T03:30:00.000-04:002012-04-05T03:30:10.447-04:00The Sacred Triduum...We are about to begin the Holiest time of the year, what we Catholics know as the Sacred Triduum - The three sacred days before Easter, also known as Holy Thursday, Good Friday of Our Lord's Passion, and Holy Saturday.
It is a time to enter in...to walk with Christ - by remembering the events of these three days, and more importantly their significance to us. Each one of us, was saved by this Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350557106222651540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328493619990861413.post-86241635469824361042012-04-02T14:44:00.002-04:002012-04-02T14:44:27.493-04:00Remembering Blessed John Paul IIIn honor of Bl. John Paul II who died on this day in 2005.
“Confidently open your most intimate aspirations to the love of Christ who waits for you in the Eucharist. You will receive the answer to all your worries and you will see with joy that the consistency of your life which he asks of you is the door to fulfill the noblest dreams of your youth.”
“I make this personal appeal: I ask you Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350557106222651540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328493619990861413.post-78041167192245510522012-03-27T12:48:00.000-04:002012-03-27T12:48:48.858-04:00Freedom and the Cross
"Just as the Lamb had to be killed to be raised upon the throne of glory, so the path to glory leads through suffering and the cross for everyone chosen to attend the marriage supper of the Lamb. All who want to be married to the Lamb must allow themselves to be fastened to the cross with Him. Everyone marked by the blood of the Lamb is called to this, and that means all the baptized. But not Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350557106222651540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328493619990861413.post-53037980915265490832012-03-19T13:29:00.001-04:002012-03-19T13:29:27.124-04:00Happy Solemnity of St. Joseph!
"Though you have recourse to many saints as your intercessors, go especially to St. Joseph, for he has great power." ~St. Teresa of AvilaChristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350557106222651540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328493619990861413.post-18529130810286762392012-03-15T13:25:00.002-04:002012-03-19T13:30:21.107-04:00Archbishop Fulton Sheen on St. TheresePart I:
“How are we going to live in these troubled times? There’s
really only one answer. We have to become saints…so here we have the dilemma,
that we have to become saints to be happy, and yet how be one? Well, the Church
has given us a saint for our times, and that is, the picture of this young nun,
St. Therese, who gave us a way, first of all, that is very simple…she really
had two Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350557106222651540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328493619990861413.post-61312273688088769752012-02-24T15:02:00.000-05:002012-02-24T15:02:40.846-05:00Bl. Mother Theresa: God's MercyChristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350557106222651540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328493619990861413.post-15516807570057503442012-02-23T16:46:00.000-05:002012-02-23T16:46:02.441-05:00Back to the Basics: Fr. Barron on LentChristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350557106222651540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328493619990861413.post-45337220264668917572012-02-20T15:12:00.002-05:002012-02-20T15:12:17.182-05:00From One of the Greats on President's Day
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
"Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties."
"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves."
"The people will save their government, if the government itself will Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350557106222651540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328493619990861413.post-88323329831792258742012-02-04T18:35:00.000-05:002012-02-04T18:35:02.815-05:00Someone Worth Dying ForChristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350557106222651540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328493619990861413.post-44805812237772895622012-01-12T19:50:00.000-05:002012-01-12T19:51:31.087-05:00Break From the Usual: A Good Point About Our Nation's Idea of "Work"Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350557106222651540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328493619990861413.post-85485099722724536452012-01-09T16:56:00.000-05:002012-01-09T16:56:09.448-05:00Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
This is what John the Baptist proclaimed: "One mightier than I is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals. I have baptized you with water; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."
It happened in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John. On coming up out of the water he saw the heavens being torn Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350557106222651540noreply@blogger.com0