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Meditation on the Presentation of Our Lord
Meditation on the Presentation of Our Lord

The story of the Presentation of Jesus, as found in the Gospel of Luke Chapter 2, has always been one of my favorites, and has held a special place in my spiritual life as an adult child of divorce. When our parents are divorced, separated, or in a difficult marriage, the struggles in their relationship become the dominant force in the house. … In this beautiful mystery of the Presentation, let us look at the Holy Family, and allow them to teach us and heal us in those places in need of the Lord’s light.

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Meditation, SaintsSister M. Lucia Richardson, OSFLife-Giving WoundsHoly Family, Presentation of Jesus, The Precepts of the Church, Gifts, The gift of a child, Mary, St. Joseph, marriage, trust, gratitude, siblings, Baptism, Eucharist, St Simeon senex, St. Anna the ProphetessComment
Dealing with Financial Uncertainty as an ACOD: My Experience in Going From Striving to Thriving
Dealing with Financial Uncertainty as an ACOD: My Experience in Going From Striving to Thriving

If your parents divorced when you were an adult, like mine did, you may have experienced strife over paying for a wedding or a car. For me, my parents fought over who paid for what while I was in law school, including the cost of the postage stamp used to mail my monthly check!  My parents’ contention over petty things affected my image of God the Father, who cannot be outdone in generosity (see Matthew 19:29).  If my parents argued over who paid an extra few pennies to help support me, I certainly could not rely on them to provide anything, including financially.

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Advice, First-PersonEudora JayneLife-Giving WoundsMoney, Finance, father relationship, mother relationship, St. John Chrysostom, God the Father, trust, St. Paul the Apostle, St. Matthew the ApostleComment
Mary's Response When We Ask, "Why, Lord?"
Mary's Response When We Ask, "Why, Lord?"

 Ironically, “why” is the one question the Lord has never promised to answer. Even his own mother asks him why and he doesn’t answer her. Well, he does answer her, but not in the way she was probably hoping for. He says, “How is it that you sought me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?” He responds to her question with a question. What could Jesus possibly be teaching us?

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First-Person, Healing JourneyMorgan McGinnprayer, Mary, trust Comments