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Death and Dying | Musings Amid the Thorns
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Musings Amid the Thorns. Essays About Life, Faith, and the Life of Faith. Tag Archives: Death and Dying. My Mother’s Hands. The nurse timidly entered the room for he could see that we were praying. I’m terribly sorry to interrupt, he said, but you really should remove her ring. It will need to be taken off, the kind man said, and I think it would be best for you to do so. Do you need it for some reason? I asked, still befuddled. Oh no, he replied. You should take it with you, so it doesn’t get lost.
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grief | Musings Amid the Thorns
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Musings Amid the Thorns. Essays About Life, Faith, and the Life of Faith. Where Bombs Come From. Today, one of my Facebook friends posted a short video that has been widely circulated. A portion of the heartrending recording shows two young Syrian boys grieving the loss of their brother, who was killed by a barrel bomb during an airstrike in Aleppo. How can we do such horrific things? When I saw the video earlier today, I almost immediately recalled my recent encounter while walking. Weapons come in many...
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Other Rosary prayers | Deep in the well
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Deep in the well. A lost soul trying to find something through everything. August 18, 2015. You do not have to limit the Rosary to just it and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy as there are dozens of other prayers that can be said on a Rosary or some derivative of a rosary. Over at Catholic Patron Saints. They have a nice long list and explain how to pray each Chaplet or variation of the Rosary, it’s in a list on the side. This entry was posted in Rosary. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999). Pope ...
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Christianity | Musings Amid the Thorns
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Musings Amid the Thorns. Essays About Life, Faith, and the Life of Faith. There is another Way. Neither rejection nor grand delusion. Holy, often silent… sometimes torturously so. Stridency, militancy… born of fear. These are the enemies. Of that third and quiet Way. Pilot lights still burn. Then settle into recesses of memory and history. Mine… and others’. Swallowed by that blessed stillness…. But for just that moment. Then beckons, darkly, onward. 8220;this little light of mine”. Yours… and mine.
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Deep in the well. A lost soul trying to find something through everything. Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. November 12, 2016. This week the readings come from Malachi 3:19-20, Psalm 98, Paul’s second letter to the Thessalonians 3:7-12 and Luke’s gospel 21:5-19. Double Dare Reunion Special. November 11, 2016. This sounds like a fun event. November 10, 2016. Colbert: In light of the election Stephen Colbert offers some a great reflection on it. That is still to decide however they say that the film w...
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Deep in the well. A lost soul trying to find something through everything. Daily Archives: August 1, 2015. 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time. August 1, 2015. Doctor of the Church. Fruit of the Mystery. Pope John Paul II. Blog at WordPress.com. Send to Email Address. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Email check failed, please try again. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.
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Mothers | Musings Amid the Thorns
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Musings Amid the Thorns. Essays About Life, Faith, and the Life of Faith. My Mother’s Hands. The nurse timidly entered the room for he could see that we were praying. I’m terribly sorry to interrupt, he said, but you really should remove her ring. Disoriented by grief and fatigue, I glanced down at my mother’s left hand, cradled in mine, and saw the ring. I instinctively twisted it ever so gently to test the tightness of the fit and asked if removing it was absolutely necessary. I asked, still befuddled.
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Discipleship | Musings Amid the Thorns
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Musings Amid the Thorns. Essays About Life, Faith, and the Life of Faith. Where Bombs Come From. Today, one of my Facebook friends posted a short video that has been widely circulated. A portion of the heartrending recording shows two young Syrian boys grieving the loss of their brother, who was killed by a barrel bomb during an airstrike in Aleppo. How can we do such horrific things? When I saw the video earlier today, I almost immediately recalled my recent encounter while walking. Weapons come in many...
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Prayer | Musings Amid the Thorns
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Musings Amid the Thorns. Essays About Life, Faith, and the Life of Faith. There is another Way. Neither rejection nor grand delusion. Holy, often silent… sometimes torturously so. Stridency, militancy… born of fear. These are the enemies. Of that third and quiet Way. Pilot lights still burn. Then settle into recesses of memory and history. Mine… and others’. Swallowed by that blessed stillness…. But for just that moment. Then beckons, darkly, onward. 8220;this little light of mine”. Yours… and mine.
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Consolation | Musings Amid the Thorns
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Musings Amid the Thorns. Essays About Life, Faith, and the Life of Faith. Bonding with a Beloved (Dead) Stranger. For most of my life, I had no such connection with my maternal grandfather. During the opening credits of. Intentionally or not, this scene models behavior that contemporary grief counselors might describe as an “enduring bond,” i.e., a psychological and/or spiritual relationship that continues even beyond death. While love is typically the defining characteristic of such bonds, other sentime...