July 9, 2023 “Beloved Mother, so stricken with grief, help us to bear our own suffering with courage and love…” – Prayer to Our Lady of Sorrows Perhaps the greatest pain when a loved one dies, especially a spouse, is the loss of their companionship. Janice no longer...
July 8, 2023 “With each opportunity before me, God presented me with a choice. I could accept his offerings, his wisdom, his grace. Or I could choose to hold onto the pain, the anger and the resentment a little longer.” – Sharon E. Rainey Saying “I’m sorry” is never...
July 7, 2023 “I go to nature to be soothed, healed and have my senses put in order.” – John Burroughs As adults we often find ourselves more separated from the natural world than we were as children, when many of us spent our entire days outside in the sun surrounded...
July 6, 2023 “Lord Jesus Crucified, have mercy on us and those who will die this day.” – Traditional prayer for the dying Fernanda Moreira has seen the face of the dying. She still recalls the weeks she spent in prayer at the bedside of her sister-in-law Rosalina....
July 5, 2023 “Grief and love are sisters, woven together from the beginning. Their kinship reminds us that there is no love that does not contain loss and no loss that is not a reminder of the love we carry for what we once held close.” – Francis Weller Every day, Dan...
July 4, 2023 A Nation’s Strength By Ralph Waldo Emerson What makes a nation’s pillars highAnd its foundations strong?What makes it mighty to defyThe foes that round it throng? It is not gold. Its kingdoms grandGo down in battle shock;Its shafts are laid on...
