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Does Suffering Make you Stronger?

October 15, 2022 By Samantha Vincent-Alexander 4 Comments

Often it is in the midst of the suffering that mystics see their greatest visions.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: mystic, pain, Prayer, saints, suffering, teresa of avila

Comfort for Stubbed Toes

June 28, 2021 By Laura Shaver 3 Comments

Our five-year-old son is notorious for running around outside barefoot and showing back up on the doorstep with a bleeding stubbed toe. It has not mattered how many times this has occurred, how many reminders we give to put on shoes, or how much it hurts him in the moment, the boy does this over and over again.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: creation, pain, parenting, psalm

Saint Teresa, the Cloud Of Witnesses, and Chronic Pain

October 15, 2020 By Erin Jean Warde Leave a Comment

When I was 11 years old, I began having head splitting aches.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: cloud of witnesses, pain, patron saints, teresa of avila

The Verdant Greening of Joy

September 17, 2020 By Erin Jean Warde 1 Comment

Today we celebrate the commemoration of Saint Hildegard of Bingen, a woman offering so many gifts to the church that they are hard to list.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: gardening, healing, Hildegard of Bingen, joy, Lesser Feasts and Fasts, pain

Resilience, Grit, and the Feast of the Holy Cross

September 14, 2020 By Ben Day 1 Comment

We have sterilized the cross. What began as a device of torture and execution now adorns bejeweled necklines, book jackets marketing to Christians, and all manner of art and decor.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: death, Feast Days, Holy Cross Day, Jesus Christ, pain, Passion

Protecting or Preparing our Children for Pain

August 29, 2019 By Allison Sandlin Liles 7 Comments

Last week as the kids and I arrived at Operation Kindness animal shelter for our weekly hour of volunteer work, I noticed Big Sugar was in a room off the front lobby. Big Sugar is one of our favorite dogs at the shelter.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: children, death, dog, grief, pain, parenting, resurrection

Resurrection, With Wounds

August 31, 2018 By Mary Lee Wile 4 Comments

“Resurrection comes amid the deep loss that plunges us into darkness, when life hurts and makes no sense.” Br. Luke Ditewig, SSJE The day after […]

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: children, grandparenting, pain, resurrection, school

Parenting in Pain: I Will, with God’s Help

October 19, 2016 By Miriam McKenney 3 Comments

A few months ago, Nurya encouraged me to write about my experience parenting in extreme pain. Now that surgery is imminent, I’m ready to share how my pain has brought me closer to my family, my friends, and to God.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Prayer Tagged With: Family, friends, God, Jesus, pain, Prayer, teenagers, teens

Preparing for Holy Cross Day

September 7, 2016 By Allison Sandlin Liles 2 Comments

Talking to children about Jesus and the cross can be challenging.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: cross, discipleship, God, Holy Cross Day, Jesus, love, pain, parenting, redemptions, salvation, suffering

How do we talk with children about difficult realities?

August 23, 2016 By Rachel Jones 2 Comments

To wrap our children in cotton and insulate them from reality, from the hard and jagged edges of life, is to do them a deep disservice—because Jesus shows up in those hard places.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: courage, discipleship, honesty, Jesus, pain, sin

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