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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.

• Freedom

  By joannsblog2016 on April 12, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Imagine you are walking along the beach.  The sand is sliding in and out of your toes as the ocean brushes over your feet ever so gently.  The sun begins to rise on the horizon.  The sky is painted in… Read More ›

• Faith Can Move Mountains

  By joannsblog2016 on April 11, 2018 • ( 0 )

  Everyone has a story, some are hidden and some uncovered, some are joyful and some full of sadness. Most stories are filled with sprinkles of all. At the center of all these stories is God. With trust in God, there… Read More ›

• Forgiveness

  By joannsblog2016 on April 10, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  How do we forgive?  Is there a magic formula to forgiveness?  Why is it harder to forgive sometimes than others?  Is there a time factor in this magic formula? I was asked not too long ago, how did I forgive… Read More ›

• The Companion

  By joannsblog2016 on April 9, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  When I walked in the desert, I felt alone.  My heart was distant, anxious and alone.  I thirst but was not satisfied.  I longed for something more but could not find it.  My mind searched as my feet shifted the… Read More ›

• Community

  By joannsblog2016 on April 8, 2018 • ( 0 )

  As a body is one though it has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body, so also Christ…  If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if one part is honored,… Read More ›

• A Walk On The Seashore

  By joannsblog2016 on April 7, 2018 • ( 0 )

  Have you walked along the beach lately?  Have you ever taken delight in combing the beach for seashells or perhaps other interesting things?  I remember when I was a kid, we lived on a naval base in Florida.  We visited… Read More ›

• Gazing

  By joannsblog2016 on April 6, 2018 • ( 2 )

  If I say, “Surely darkness shall hide me, and night shall be my light” – darkness is not dark for you, and night shines as the day.  Darkness and light are but one.  Psalm 139:11-12 Have you gazed up at… Read More ›

• How Many Labels Do You Wear?

  By joannsblog2016 on April 3, 2018 • ( 1 )

  Do you wear a label or several? Most of us wear labels. It could be a label that others placed on us or perhaps something we were taught as a child that influenced a belief. Being A Christian, especially Catholic,… Read More ›

• Happy Easter! He is Risen!

  By joannsblog2016 on April 1, 2018 • ( 0 )

  At his first Easter Vigil Mass as the Holy Father, Pope Francis said, “To remember what God has done and continues to do for me, . . . to remember the road we have traveled—this is what opens our hearts… Read More ›

• Is Love Always Happy?

  By joannsblog2016 on March 31, 2018 • ( 0 )

  What is love?  Is it always happy or is it sometimes sad?  Yesterday, I witnessed several acts of love.  I heard the passion of our Lord and witnessed a cross about the size of the “True Cross” process into our… Read More ›