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The Comfort of Predictability

If there is anything I have learned as a parent, it is that the only thing you can be certain about is that your life with your kids will be filled with uncertainty.

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Dedication of Churches of Saints Peter and Paul

Dedication of Churches of Saints Peter and Paul

St. Peter Basilica is probably the most famous church in Christendom and the largest in the city of Rome. St. Paul Outside-the-Walls is second in size only to St. Peter’s. The Churches of Saints Peter and Paul are holy sites to visit and explore.

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Young plant in a very small pot

Wait with Openness

Trust in the slow work of God. If we try to control our life, we will never be at peace. Wait with openness and unclench your fists.

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Image and graphic of Marcellino Micallef, OFM

Marcellino Micallef, OFM

In response to the growing number of refugees, poor, and the homeless, Father Marcellino and the friars decided to transform their historic monastery’s former refectory into a soup kitchen.

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Saint Elizabeth of Hungary

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary

She died before her 24th birthday, but in those few years Saint Elizabeth of Hungary was a wife, mother, queen, widow, the founder of a hospital, and did other charitable works of mercy.

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Statue of Saint Margaret of Scotland

Saint Margaret of Scotland

Saint Margaret of Scotland was considered Scottish because her family was rescued by the king of Scotland as they fled William the Conqueror. She married the king and introduced him and his country to a more cultured life. They had six sons and two daughters.

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Statue of Saint Albert the Great

Saint Albert the Great

Saint Albert the Great was a highly influential 13th-century German Dominican. Probably best known in philosophical circles as the master of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Saint Albert deserves recognition on his own. He was a voracious writer who composed a compendium of all knowledge.

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Saint Gertrude the Great

Saint Gertrude the Great

Saint Gertrude, a Benedictine nun, was one of the great mystics of the 13th century. Her form of spirituality was a blend of liturgical and personal prayer rooted in the Scriptures.

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Statue of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini

Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini

Although she was born in Italy, Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini was the first United States citizen to be canonized. She was sent to the United States by Pope Leo XIII and spent the rest of her life working with Italian immigrants, particularly in New York City and Chicago.

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