Wife, Mama x5, often in my minivan. Speaker, author, uplifter. Adopted/multicultural fam. So many 📚 not enough ☕️ ADHD. The Holy Spirit’s my motor. 🔥 Rom 8:28
Here’s the thing about transformative suffering: we can’t jaw-clench and white-knuckle our way through it.
We need Him to change our hearts so we can bear it.
Technology is great except for that one time I accidentally FaceTimed the entire retreat team from the bathroom and the director actually picked up before I realized what was happening. 😜#humiliationsgalore
Karl Marx's body is in his grave, London.
Nietzsche's body is in his grave, Lützen
Muhammad's body is in his grave, Medina
Buddha's body is in his grave, Pingliang
But, if you travel to Christ's grave in Jerusalem, it's empty, & has been for 2,000 years.
Happy Easter! He is truly risen - ALLELUIA!
“We must keep our eyes on the Risen Lord, and our hearts will burn within us no matter what happens — for our God is risen. He is truly risen!”
- Mother Angelica
O Mary,Undoer of Knots,
Undo the knots of hopelessness, anxiety, problems,financial constraints, negativity, and sickness we might encounter this April that will threaten our lives,our homes,our friends, and our country.
Amen
God said no weapon formed against you will prosper. He never said the weapons wouldn’t form. It’s not always gonna be a easy, but the enemy doesn’t win.
So grateful to God that my husband was able to attend an ACTS retreat these past few days. May the seeds planted by the Holy Spirit find fertile soil and bear abundantly good fruit! 🙌🏼🔥
I gave up all shows (streaming/ otherwise) & 99% of social media for Lent. It’s kind of crazy how many times I hit the Twitter icon without even *thinking* about it since Ash Wednesday, thereby proving how much I needed to give it up. 😅🤷🏻♀️
Had the privilege of singing for a woman’s funeral Mass today. She was a fixture in the local Filipino community, & only 3 years older than my Mom.
I imagined Mom, Tita Liz, & Lola hugging her on her way in and now they’re all laughing over lumpia, pancit & a bucket of KFC.
Oh! Oh! And today I was told that Mass was live-streamed so friends and family of the departed could watch in the Philippines! The Mass, Jesus, and my rendition of the Ave Maria went international! #Godisgood
If I hear one more criticism of something GOOD and ORTHODOX that HELPS lay people grow in their faith because it’s not EXACTLY like the original (aka clericalism) I’m gonna
Hey, Catholic Twitter - who’s giving up electronics for Lent? I’m gonna try, but I use this smartphone for work a TON. What boundaries / parameters do you set that are truly a fast yet are realistic? Thank you!