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There is a phenomenon—if there’s a scientific name, I don’t know of it—where the trees break and fall into one another’s arms. I’ve come to call these tree pietas.
Today, think of how the light returning in your life each day is a miracle to behold. See how you can bring more joy early in your day—why wait?
Saint Angela of Foligno was a wife and mother who had little interest in the spiritual life until about age 40. After her husband and children died, Angela entered the Secular Franciscans, spending the rest of her life in prayer and service.
We have heard about the preparations that God made for the birth of Jesus and John. We have been given some initial idea of their missions and characteristics. And now it is time for them to go their separate ways.
Faith leads to hope in the goodness of others, which is shown in charity, or love for one another. Faith, hope, and charity are the only way to peace.
Pick up a leaf and examine it closely. Spend a few minutes imagining where it’s been and what gifts it provided. Then think of one simple thing you could do today to help protect the environment.
Saint Raymond of Peñafort was a lawyer who used his talents to both compile legislation for easy access and to write legal treatises on penance for the use of confessors.
The final aspect of Jesus’ life and ministry is that of deliverer from contamination and impurity. We suffer from a different kind of uncleanness, yet Jesus stretches out his hand to cleanse us.
Psalm 139 takes us all the way back to when we first became. It reveres the beauty of our very beginnings and returns us to the miracle of our mothers.
Sometimes when we look in the mirror, we say things to ourselves that we would never say to someone else. We find all of our flaws, all of the things that we wish were different.
