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Category: Blessing

  • ‘A perfect dose of grace’ for all seasons

     This small but powerful book of stories is the perfect read for you when you want to reward yourself with some well-deserved quiet time! Rabbi Irwin Kula, author of “Yearnings: Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life” wrote, “If you want to find God, know love, and truly understand these are the same, read this beautiful book. But be prepared…

  • When miracles become ordinary

    As a Catholic, I have a confession to make. I sometimes watch televangelists. While there are many things that make me uncomfortable about this style of evangelizing, I have always felt it would be arrogant, and foolish, of me to suggest that God limits the wisdom of the Holy Spirit to only those of one…

  • Friends are the spirit of laughter

    Surely, if God has given us any amazing gifts, the gift of friends is one of the best, especially the kind of friend who lasts a lifetime; the kind that is genuine and allows you to be the person you really are. My friend Rich is a friend like that. Our families have been friends…

  • Choosing is a matter of blessing or curse

    It’s not often that I get a chance to be immersed in an abundance of creative expressions of faith   meant to transform hearts and lives, but that’s exactly what will happen tomorrow at the Diocese of Trenton’s Re:Image Film Festival at the Algonquin Arts Theatre in Manasquan. Last year’s festival was a real testimony to…

  • Being sparks of hope for those who feel abandoned

    In all of human experience I think there is nothing more painful than feeling abandoned. The gnawing pain of loneliness, the feeling of being unloved and unlovable, robs life of hope and purpose and intensifies any suffering we may be going through. It was my experience when depression took over a significant part of my…

  • Nothing says lovin’ like cannoli at the Jersey shore

    I have made an amazing discovery. Nothing says "I love you," better than a four gallon container   of cannoli filling. That is, if you are my dear friend John, whose appreciation of food belies family roots that stretch back to Norcia, Italy. And cannolis are at the top of his list, along with chocolate layer…

  • A Celtic blessing for the New Year

    On this first day of the New Year it always seems meaningful for me to call to mind the friends and family that I have lost – to death or distance or time – and pray for them.  But today, as I read through a wonderful book that one of those friends once sent me as…

  • Our woundedness makes us a gift to others

    Each spring my backyard becomes home to a host of critters who are a continual source of delight to ,  me. For the past two years my favorite has been the hyperactive squirrel who seemed to rejoice, in his own squirrel way, in being alive. He had a penchant for sliding across canvas awnings, swinging…