Posts Tagged ‘suffering’
St. Monica, the Syrophoenician Woman, and Me
As mothers, we are invited to pour ourselves out for our children in nearly every conceivable way. But it is the spiritual self-emptying that is most central to our role.
READ MORE 🠖5 Powerful Scriptural Songs of Praise During Trials
Job, Tobit, the Hebrews in the furnace… Throughout Scripture we find examples of of people who also experienced times of great distress, loss, or persecution, but who rose immediately to remind themselves (and, across the centuries, us) that God is still in His heaven.
READ MORE 🠖Radical abandonment in theory and practice
The latest medical mystery in our house is unprecedented… and it’s a proving ground for the practice of radical abandonment.
READ MORE 🠖Litany of the Undiagnosed: A Prayer of Surrender in Uncertainty
Facing a chronic illness with no diagnosis can be a challenging spiritual trial. Use this prayer to ask for Jesus’ accompaniment, as you abandon yourself to his (twisty, winding, difficult) plans for you.
READ MORE 🠖A New Chapter in Catechesis for Persons with Disabilities
The Vatican issues a new document on involving persons with disabilities in catechesis and ministry–not just as recipients, but as active members of the Body of Christ, “in living reciprocal relationships of welcoming and solidarity” with the whole community.
READ MORE 🠖The Seven Sorrows: A Model of Suffering that 2020 Needs
Suffering refines us, as we endure it, and it refines all of humanity, as we leave it at the foot of the cross, our own small pebble added to a cairn the size of the whole world.
READ MORE 🠖What Our Lady of Lourdes taught me about the power of weakness
The vulnerability of the sick and disabled is a great strength. Their receptivity to earthly love makes them powerful conduits for the heavenly kind.
READ MORE 🠖The death of innocence and the death of innocents
There’s no denying the fact that valuing and respecting all life, including the lives of the disabled, is never the easy or politically expedient thing to do. In fact, it’s usually the most difficult.
READ MORE 🠖On Loan, On Layover [Guest Post by Annamarie Adkins]
As we raise our children, we try to remember that we are their stewards for the time being. This practice is a little more intensified when your child nears the brink of death, and is brought back to life again.
READ MORE 🠖What your grandma meant by “offer it up,” and how to make your life a gift to the world
You’ve probably heard the phrase “offer it up” as a super-Catholic, sometimes flippant response to life’s problems. If you’ve ever wondered what it actually means, this is the post for you.
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