“Behold, I make all things new.” Suffering changes us. It changed me. It is meant to be transformational. Through suffering, God changed our destiny. The Easter Octave begins in Resurrection and ends in Mercy. Blood and water pouring over us, from Him. Today, He says “See the holes in my hands, put your hand inContinue reading “Divine Mercy, Pouring Out Like Gold”
Category Archives: Liturgical Living
The Feeling of Easter Sunday
The moment a gentle joke breaks the gravity of a tense conversation. The feeling of drying tears on your cheeks as you laugh. The smiles paired with black outfits in the moments after a funeral when memories are shared. Bittersweet mixes of joy and sorrow that remind us we have souls that plunge deeper thanContinue reading “The Feeling of Easter Sunday”
The Raw Days Between Death and New Life
It is finished. The battle is won. But the celebration is a couple days away. And so, we hold silence in our hearts and wait. It is so hard to remember what it would have been like, these hours between His Death and Resurrection. How raw would their hearts still be as they heard ofContinue reading “The Raw Days Between Death and New Life”
Jesus Suffered the Most
For some reason, we can feel the urge to try to prove something we are going through is worse than the struggles of others. If your spouse is in pain, your pain is certainly worse. If your coworker thinks she had a bad week, just wait until she hears how YOUR week went. If yourContinue reading “Jesus Suffered the Most”
The Week Suffering Is Redeemed
It is time. Take up your sufferings like weapons of war, for this week, they become the means by which the battle is won. It is only in the Catholic Church that those who suffer find their wounds turned into rubies in the crown of God. But this week, that crown is of thorns uponContinue reading “The Week Suffering Is Redeemed”
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