It’s time once again for Sunday Snippets. We are Catholic bloggers sharing weekly our best posts with one another. As for me, I am a wife of 51 years, a mother of two beautiful daughters, a Sinai nurse (NYC – 1962), a photographer 0f sorts (photo-jo.smugmug.com) a writer (poet in awe of God). Prayer and daily Mass … Continue reading
St. John Chrysostom
“There is nothing more worthwhile than to pray to God and to converse with him, for prayer unites us with God as his companions. As our bodily eyes are illuminated by seeing the light, so in contemplating God our soul is illuminated by him. Of course the prayer I have in mind is no matter … Continue reading
From a sermon by Saint Bernard, abbot The stages of contemplation
From a sermon by Saint Bernard, abbot The stages of contemplation Let us take our stand on secure ground, leaning with all our strength on Christ, the most solid rock, according to the words: He set my feet on a rock and guided my steps. Thus firmly established, let us begin to contemplate, to see … Continue reading
Caroline Glick | President Sisi’s Gift*
Something extraordinary has happened. On August 31, PLO chief and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told an audience of Fatah members that Egypt had offered to give the PA some 1,600 kilometers of land in Sinai adjacent to Gaza, thus quintupling the size of the Gaza Strip. Egypt even offered to allow all the so-called … Continue reading
Mary, the Means by the Will of God
O Mary, living for Christ, From the beginning, Immaculata, As the Father willed, Bring forth Christ for all mankind. Make me the fruit of your holy labor. Mary, the means and not the end, Carry me within your bosom blest. O Mary, living in me, May I receive your thoughts and inspirations. Let your heart … Continue reading
