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Sr. Lucia of Fatima

After a wonderful, busy, travel filled month, I am finally back to writing mode, looking to get a May writing in before we move into June. This month, I am looking into Sr. Lucia of Fatima as this story is one familiar to many and a fascinating story. It is also, by its nature, the story of her cousins as well, since it was to all 3 of them that Mary appeared. This story began in 1916 and 1917…

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Gemma Galgani

When I started looking into saints, I looked for saints in the different months that I might want to learn about. For the month of April, I had written Gemma Galgani and Catherine of Siena. I am finding myself drawn more to researching the names less familiar to me, which in this case is Gemma Galgani. I’ll come back to Catherine of Siena another time. The first word I saw when I pulled up Gemma…

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What is a saint anyway?

As I have been writing for several months about the lives of different saints, it seemed like a good idea to go over the process of becoming a saint and what it means to be a saint. Saints are part of our regular vocabulary and most times I don’t think we even realize we are actually referring to a saint when we name a city, such as Santa Barbara, San Francisco, Saint Augustine or Saint Paul,…

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St. Patrick

First, Happy Easter! I hope you are celebrating the blessings of this day. As we move into April, I want to get my final March Saint blog posted. As always let me know your thoughts. God bless! I was struck on St. Patrick’s day with how far into our culture St. Patrick has come- wearing green, shamrocks, fun and celebrations, with very little knowledge of who the person was who is at the core of…

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Hello from Virginia!

January 21, 2024 Welcome to this journey in faith. This is a faith journey in every sense of the word. I am definitely taking a leap of faith starting this blog but I will be exploring faith and growing through God’s grace. I welcome you all in my humble journey.

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Saint Frances of Rome

image from http://www.franciscanmedia.org As I researched the Saints in the month they were remembered, St. Frances came up in March. March 9 is the Feast day of St. Frances of Rome. I was not familiar with St. Frances of Rome. First, St. Frances is a girl which may seem like a strange point to make but the St. Francis I was more familiar with is St. Francis of Assisi who is an interesting…

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Power of a song

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I am not a musician. By any stretch of the imagination. I enjoy listening to music. I sometimes sing, mostly when I am alone or at church singing with a group. But I find peace and inspiration and hope in a song. A few years ago, I put together a group of songs that I call my “Songs of Hope” playlist. They are the songs that I feel in my heart when I listen to them. I listen to them when I am in…

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Power of a song

Thank you for your support.

I am not a musician. By any stretch of the imagination. I enjoy listening to music. I sometimes sing, mostly when I am alone or at church singing with a group. But I find peace and inspiration and hope in a song. A few years ago, I put together a group of songs that I call my “Songs of Hope” playlist. They are the songs that I feel in my heart when I listen to them. I listen to them when I am in…