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Check out my latest blog post on the tears of Christ and the significance for us today in dealing with our own struggles and helping others with theirs. The link to the post is here: https://the-spirit-moves-in-wondrous-ways.com/?p=1600

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Check out my latest blog post, a Lenten reflection on the tears of Jesus; find it at: https://the-spirit-moves-in-wondrous-ways.com/?p=1546

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Check out my latest post at: https://the-spirit-moves-in-wondrous-ways.com/?p=1479

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"Everyone who breathes, high and low, educated and ignorant, young and old, man and woman, has a mission, has a work. God sees every one of us; He creates every soul, for a purpose." - St. John Henry Neumann I would add that in finding that purpose we find true happiness.

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“Yet, O Lord, you are our father; we are the clay and you the potter: we are all the work of your hands.” - Isaiah 64:7

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Mirror Image of Faith: A Reflection

Check out my latest blog reflection on 1 Corinthians 13:12-13.

Mirrors are simple yet fascinating devices – by reflecting light they create an image that is alike yet different from what is on this side of the glass. As a kid, I remember going to the carnival and being terrified more than once in the “House of Mirrors;” a maze of mirrored walls that, combined with creepy music and a vivid imagination, still gives me chills. A particular image from those…

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Let's keep this in mind these next few days and following.

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The One Thing Necessary

“The one thing that bothers me the most about this is that I have so much to do, and now I’m all alone,” lamented the patient who recently fell and broke her hip, not long after her beloved husband of 40-plus years, Bernie, had passed away. When you think about your “to do” list, sorting through the neat and nifty tasks and ideas that you believe will make your life better, remember, as St. Padre Pio said, there really is only one thing that is necessary:

"Lift up your spirit, and love God."

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Jeremiah 17:7-8 Trust in the Lord

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John 8:12

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The Generous Master

Life is full of choices. One might argue that is what life is – a series of one choice after another.  That’s a good thing, right? That is what free will is all about, the ability to choose. Let's look at an example ...

“Please talk with him,” the older sister of a critically ill patient in the ICU pleaded with the Chaplain. “He lost his faith when his wife died; he blamed God for her cancer and for her suffering. He said he was done with religion. And now I’m afraid he’s not saved, so please, talk with him, convince him to come back to the faith, he won’t listen to me.”  Her husband who was within earshot…

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Isaiah 41:10 NIV

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Embodied Experience: An Incarnational Ministry of Presence

Check out my latest blog at: http://the-spirit-moves-in-wondrous-ways.com

As a hospital Chaplain I have encountered patients and families facing end-of-life care decisions on a number of occasions. One of my earliest experiences stands out as formative, partly because my mom had recently passed away while under home hospice care. We can never know precisely what others are going through when dealing with difficult situations. However, sometimes life and the Holy Spirit…