Mary Undoer of Knots Pray For Us Mother of fair love, I look to you. Take into your hands the ribbon of my life, and see the snarl of knots that keeps me bound to sin, anxiety, and hopelessness. I beg you, Mother, by your powerful intercession and long fingers of love and grace, undo the knots in...
In 1972, and at the age of five, I was hospitalized for four days at Queen of the Valley Hospital in West Covina, California. When I awoke from surgery, I was alone in my room and was so sedated, I thought my arm, which I had broken, was a monster. I thought the metal clips, which kept the...
Best Feature Nominee At The International Catholic Film Festival, Riveting Drama Explores The Final Earthly Hours Of Mary Of Nazareth’s Life With spellbinding performances and sweeping landscapes, the faith-based drama FULL OF GRACE recounts the life of the Mother of Jesus, a decade after the...
The fruits of your labors may be reaped two generations from now. Trust, even when you don’t see the results. –Fr. Henri Nouwen Every spring, wildflowers spill out across the rural routes of Eastern Oklahoma County. The roads Peebly, Luther, Dobbs, and my favorite, Pottawatomie, put on...
I pray here, there and everywhere. I pray in bed staring up at the ceiling. I pray at 2 a.m., looking at the blue numbers on the digital clock. I pray in the carpool lane, especially on rainy days. Tears on my windshield washing it clean away. The cobwebs, the disappointments, the fears. Thank God...
I’ve been working on a plastic bottle cap art project for and with my son’s class for the annual school auction. I’ve never done one of these before, so I had a lot to learn before getting the kids together to place the bottle caps on the design. I couldn’t find a...
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