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I enjoy learning about my faith and spending time in prayer in nature, in the chapel or in my prayer chair. Many years ago, my journey began when I was re-awakened in my faith when I asked God what my purpose was. He answered by setting me on fire and I have been journeying with Him since.

• Which path will you choose?

  By joannsblog2016 on July 31, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  “Never say or do anything until you have asked yourself whether it will be pleasing to God, good for yourself, and edifying to your neighbor.” St Ignatius of Loyola In discernment, there are always two paths. One leads to God’s… Read More ›

• Your measuring stick or God’s?

  By joannsblog2016 on July 29, 2018 • ( 0 )

  “Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire!” St. Catherine of Siena Do you carry around a measuring stick?  Is your measuring stick perfection?  Or is your measuring stick someone else?  Are you… Read More ›

• Toxicity in relationships

  By joannsblog2016 on July 26, 2018 • ( 2 )

  “So stand fast with your loins girded in truth, clothed with righteousness as a breastplate, and your feet shod in readiness for the gospel of peace. In all circumstances, hold faith as a shield, to quench all [the] flaming arrows… Read More ›

• Are you treading the muddiness of life or seeking life giving springs?

  By joannsblog2016 on July 24, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  “Change is life giving. It helps us grow into someone greater than we already are.” This morning as I walked along the pond at work before starting my morning, I noticed murky water surrounding the outer boundaries of the pond…. Read More ›

• Seeing God in all things

  By joannsblog2016 on July 19, 2018 • ( 4 )

  

  Is your heart open to receiving God?  Is your mind open to allowing Him to reveal Himself to you?  Are your eyes and ears open to seeing and hearing Him around you? God is present in all things, I have… Read More ›

• Do you desire holiness?

  By joannsblog2016 on July 17, 2018 • ( 3 )

  

  Before writing these blogs, I try to seek God’s guidance because He knows this audience better than I do. He knows what that one person needs to read to grow closer to Him. In doing so, I pray about what… Read More ›

• Journey through the desert

  By joannsblog2016 on July 16, 2018 • ( 0 )

  Take a journey with me. Let’s walk along a path that seems to have no foot steps in front of us. Perhaps there have never been any or perhaps they have been covered up by the sands. There is nothing… Read More ›

• Are you the hemorrhaging woman?

  By joannsblog2016 on July 12, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  “And a woman afflicted with hemorrhages for twelve years, who [had spent her whole livelihood on doctors and] was unable to be cured by anyone, came up behind him and touched the tassel on his cloak.  Immediately her bleeding stopped.” … Read More ›

• Doubt – discovering a deeper relationship

  By joannsblog2016 on July 10, 2018 • ( 2 )

  Doubt is but another element of faith. St Augustine Have you ever considered doubting God or your faith a good thing? Has your doubt sparked a stronger relationship with God? Has God drawn you closer to Him by using this… Read More ›

• The affect of self gratification

  By joannsblog2016 on July 9, 2018 • ( 0 )

  For St. John Paul II, the opposite of love is not hatred; rather, the opposite of love is to use someone as a means to our own selfish ends.  “Theology of the Body for Beginners” This is not a topic… Read More ›