off on an ADVENT-ure

12/17/2015

From book about William Pardow S.J. by Justine Ward:

"The complete singleness of outlook that is stamped by God in the eyes of the child as it comes straight from His hand, and gazes with fresh, unspoiled vision at a world which has not yet ruffled its still surface."

St. Therese of the Child Jesus

My daughter, Carla, who is suffering such pain probably from after-effects of heavy chemo therapy said when told that suffering is a mystery.
“No, suffering is not a mystery at all.
Due to original sin we ruined everything and what is a mystery is all the joy.”

Bl. Alexandrina da Costa

Ven. Marthe Robin

Bl. Chiara Badano

Chiara Corbella

St. Terese of the Child Jesus

Carla’s twin, Diana, gave me for Christmas Michael O’Brien’s Fr. Elijah in Jerusalem –What an antidote to our skittishness about the future of the world is his perpetual theme that we must just suffer in the heart of Jesus for the world and the Church.

I am off to visit Carla for Christmas for a week starting Dec. 19, and there will be 10 plus people in a small house, so I may not blog. If you are reading this now please pray that it may be a holy Christmas for all in every way.

And don't spend Christmas without Fr. Eckley Macklin's beautiful new book,
The Christmas Loaf.

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Ronda Chervin received a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Fordham University and an MA in Religious Studies from Notre Dame Apostolic Institute. She is a dedicated widow, mother, and grandmother.
Ronda converted to the Catholic Faith from a Jewish, though atheistic, background and has been a Professor of Philosophy and Theology at Loyola Marymount University, the Seminary of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, and Franciscan University of Steubenville. She is an international speaker and author of some fifty books about Catholic thought, practice and spirituality. One of her latest is LAST CALL, published by Goodbooks Media.
Dr. Ronda is currently retired and living in Corpus Christi, Texas after her years of teaching philosophy at Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Cromwell, Connecticut.
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