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  • RonnieKay
    RonnieKay Member Posts: 2,067
    edited November 2017

    When Rene & I met in 2014, Rene & Margaux having lunch, our trip to the park & fish & chips (with vinegar) in Sept. In 3 years, she became one of my best friends...I miss her. She would be cheering on her Seahawks right now :-)image

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  • ElaineTherese
    ElaineTherese Member Posts: 3,328
    edited November 2017

    RonnieKay,

    Thanks for sharing your memories and your pictures of Rene. They are beautiful! I only knew her from this thread; thank you for sharing your friendship with us and helping us to see how truly special she was. ((Hugs))

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  • SajeScents
    SajeScents Member Posts: 50
    edited November 2017

    RonnieKay, thank you for sharing about Rene. I am new to this forum and missed getting to know her through her posts, but reading what you wrote makes her feel close and warms my heart! May God richly reward her! What an inspiration!

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  • SajeScents
    SajeScents Member Posts: 50
    edited November 2017

    RonnieKay, thank you for sharing about Rene. I am new to this forum and missed getting to know her through her posts, but reading what you wrote and seeing your beautiful photos brings you both close and warms my heart! May God richly reward her and you too! What an inspiration!

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  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,664
    edited November 2017

    RonnieKay thank you so much for posting. I am so thankful to hear that Rene's last stretch on the journey home was so peaceful. I am also so glad to hear that her DS and DDIL took Layla, what a blessing.

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  • RonnieKay
    RonnieKay Member Posts: 2,067
    edited November 2017

    It makes me smile knowing Rene is in your hearts & prayers. Feelingfeline...Layla was really shy, mostly hiding from visitors. Every now & then she'd come out to see me. Rene was beyond pleased when Alex told her she came into the kitchen in the morning to see him while he made breakfast. Another one of those blessings that made her happy :-

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  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,664
    edited November 2017

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  • SajeScents
    SajeScents Member Posts: 50
    edited November 2017

    Just thought I'd share a link to cable tv show featuring a Jesuit Priest who speaks from the heart on suffering (he was afflicted with blindness later in life). He is well trained in both science and philosophy and answers questions from viewers. He has helped me overcome so much initial fear and anxiety when I was first diagnosed. Thanks to his very candid, deep sharing of his own struggles, I can now trust God more and don't feel that my suffering is wasted (in remission for the time being). Hope you find him uplifting and edifying.




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  • AgathaNYC
    AgathaNYC Member Posts: 473
    edited November 2017

    SajeScents - thanks so much for the link. I tune into EWTN occasionally but have never seen Fr. Spitzer. I am very interested in the intersection of science and faith. I'll look for his books, too.

    I'll be praying for all of you to have a blessed and healing Advent. Can you believe it's almost here?

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  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,664
    edited November 2017

    Thanks Sajescents.


    Yes Agatha - this year seems to have flown, it is true what they say about time speeding up as you get older. I think once the generation below arrives time moves faster.


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  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,664
    edited December 2017

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    The Spirit Of Christmas by Greg Olsen

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    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,664
    edited December 2017

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  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,664
    edited December 2017

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  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,664
    edited December 2017

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    Just on our way out the door to 5pm vigil mass. DD (age 12) narrating the Christmas story as part of an acted out in mime live action gospel.

    A Happy and Peaceful Christmas to everyone XXX


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  • RonnieKay
    RonnieKay Member Posts: 2,067
    edited December 2017

    Merry Christmas to All.

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  • ElaineTherese
    ElaineTherese Member Posts: 3,328
    edited December 2017

    Merry Christmas!

    We had a beautiful vigil Mass and it snowed on Christmas morning. Very pretty.

    Today, we're celebrating the birthdays of my nephew (10) and my DD (going to be 19 on January 6).

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  • XXXGGGYYY
    XXXGGGYYY Member Posts: 33
    edited December 2017

    I had a stressful & unpleasant biopsy on the Feast of St. Lawrence. As I was getting through it, I thought about how he was martyred, and I asked for his intercession. Was subsequently diagnosed as stage 1, triple negative. The weekend before surgery, after confession, my priest gave me the sacrament of Anointing. I took a Brown Scapular to the hospital with me, with instructions to place it around my neck if I wasn't going to make it. The whole while, I was begging for the intercession of my Blessed Mother, St. Agatha (patron of BC), and St. Joan of Arc (for courage). Everything has turned out ok, and I think I am a better person now, too. Grateful to Almighty God, and all of the Saints who helped me through this. So very grateful for catching the BC early, as well.

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  • RedemptiveSufferer
    RedemptiveSufferer Member Posts: 242
    edited December 2017

    XXXGGGYYY, Welcome! I'm a fairly new Catholic, having converted 4 yrs ago. But I believe in the prayers of the Saints! Last year, I was scheduled to have a mastectomy on Dec. 6th, the Feast of St. Nicholas. We had been in our house a couple of yrs at that point, and somewhere in the move I had lost my St. Nicholas prayer card. I desperately searched for it weeks prior to my surgery. Thanksgiving weekend, as we were putting up Christmas decorations, my 7-yr-old son presented me with a red, decorative gift box that my husband had pulled out of the attic. My son told me to open it, that he thought there was something inside. When I opened it, my eyes widened as I saw there by itself in the box, my St. Nicholas prayer card! I had found it in the "Nick" of time. :-)

    Also, my patron saint is St. Elizabeth of Hungary, whose feast day is Nov. 17th. Well, I'm embarrassed to say that this year the date came and went without me observing it. I had forgotten it! A few days after the fact I felt horrible and basically asked her to forgive me for missing her special day! Around Nov. 20th, someone contacted me to let me know that a book I had just written had been released...a couple of weeks in advance of the projected date. I visited the Amazon website and saw it released on Nov. 17th! I had asked St. Elizabeth to pray for me early in the process of writing the book. I can't help but to think she had something to do with the release date. Now I'll never forget her feast day or when my book became available!

    I'm so thankful for the intercession of those who've gone before us and regret that I was in my 40s when I learned about the Communion of Saints and became Catholic. Trying to make up for lost time! :-) ~ Kim

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  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,664
    edited December 2017

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  • CENOK2017
    CENOK2017 Member Posts: 80
    edited December 2017

    St. Peregrine pray for us

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  • AgathaNYC
    AgathaNYC Member Posts: 473
    edited January 2018

    feelingfeline - That's the sweetest painting. thank you for posting it! What a nice notion for Santa to stop and adore Him. Happy New Year!!

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  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,664
    edited January 2018

    Happy New Year to you too Agatha.

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  • Tri-lady7
    Tri-lady7 Member Posts: 133
    edited January 2018

    imageThis was in my daily devotion for today. It helped me remember what is important when feeling the stresses of daily struggles.

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  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,664
    edited January 2018

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  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,664
    edited January 2018

    Wonderful New Year reminder TriLady7, thank you. X

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  • RedemptiveSufferer
    RedemptiveSufferer Member Posts: 242
    edited January 2018

    Thank you for sharing that, Tri-Lady. I intend to remember & use that mantra. ~ Kim

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  • SajeScents
    SajeScents Member Posts: 50
    edited January 2018

    Thank you everyone for your wonderful posts, images and prayers. I love this forum and particularly love this Catholic thread.

    Best wishes and prayers for a Blessed New Year! God, please bless us, everyone!

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  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,664
    edited January 2018

    Amen

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  • RedemptiveSufferer
    RedemptiveSufferer Member Posts: 242
    edited January 2018

    Did everyone put away their Christmas decorations today during Epiphany? Our tree and what few decorations we had displayed returned to the attic this morning. I hated to see them go! We still have lights outside and I think I'll turn them on one last time tonight before they go into hibernation. :-) ~ Kim

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  • ElaineTherese
    ElaineTherese Member Posts: 3,328
    edited January 2018

    Hubby put the tree away last week, mainly because he was home from work. But, I love Epiphany. Nineteen years ago, my daughter was born on January 6, and I was so happy to (finally!) hold her.

    Hope everyone has a blessed New Year!

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